туф

See also: т’уф

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic تۋف
Cyrillic туф
Latin tuf

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian туф (tuf), from Italian tufo, from Latin tofus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tuf]

Noun

туф • (tuf)

  1. tufa, tuff

Declension

Declension of туф
singular plural
nominative туф (tuf) туфтар (tuftar)
genitive туфтың (tuftyñ) туфтардың (tuftardyñ)
dative туфқа (tufqa) туфтарға (tuftarğa)
accusative туфты (tufty) туфтарды (tuftardy)
locative туфта (tufta) туфтарда (tuftarda)
ablative туфтан (tuftan) туфтардан (tuftardan)
instrumental туфпен (tufpen) туфтармен (tuftarmen)

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tuf]

Noun

туф • (tufm inan (genitive ту́фа, nominative plural ту́фы, genitive plural ту́фов)

  1. tufa, tuff

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tufo, from Latin tofus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tûf/

Noun

ту̏ф m animacy unspecified (Latin spelling tȕf)

  1. tufa, tuff

References

  • туф”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Tajik

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (to spit, vomit). Akin to Ossetian ту (tu, spittle), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati, to spit), Armenian թուք (tʻukʻ, spit, spittle), Serbo-Croatian pljuvati (to spit), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, to spit out), Latin spuō (to spit), English spew.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuf/, [t̪ʰuf]

Noun

туф • (tuf) (Persian spelling تف)

  1. spittle, spit

Further reading

  • туф”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025