الیف
Persian
Alternative forms
الف
(
alef
)
لیف
(
lif
)
ریف
(
rif
)
Etymology
Probably from
Middle Iranian
*alēf
, from
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁reyp-
(
“
to tear
”
)
.
Noun
الیف
• (
alif
)
(
dialectal or colloquial
)
piece
,
slice
,
segment