טלפן

From the root ט־ל־פ־ן (T-l-p-n), extracted from the noun טלפון (télefon).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew): usually IPA^(key): /tilˈfen/, but see the usage notes below.

טִלְפֵּן or טִלְפֵן • (tilpén or tilfén) (pi'el construction)

1. To telephone, to phone, to call (via the phone).

   טלפנתי אליו, אבל הוא לא ענה. ― tilfánti eláv, avál hu lo aná. ― I called him, but he didn’t answer the phone.

• According to traditional grammar, the פ should have a dagesh lene, and therefore should be pronounced /p/. (Compare פִּטְפֵּט (pitpét), בִּזְבֵּז (bizbéz), and so on.) Nonetheless, it is usually pronounced /f/, like in טלפון (télefon).
• Colloquially, הִתְקַשֵּׁר is more commonly used.

• הִתְקַשֵּׁר (hitkashér)