تحف
Arabic
Verb
تحف (form I)
- تَحُفُّ (taḥuffu) /ta.ħuf.fu/: inflection of حَفَّ (ḥaffa):
- second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
- third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
- تُحَفُّ (tuḥaffu) /tu.ħaf.fu/: inflection of حَفَّ (ḥaffa):
- second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
- third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
- تَحُفَّ (taḥuffa) /ta.ħuf.fa/: inflection of حَفَّ (ḥaffa):
- second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
- third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
- تُحَفَّ (tuḥaffa) /tu.ħaf.fa/: inflection of حَفَّ (ḥaffa):
- second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive
- third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive
- تَحُفِّ (taḥuffi) /ta.ħuf.fi/: inflection of حَفَّ (ḥaffa):
- second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
- third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
- تُحَفِّ (tuḥaffi) /tu.ħaf.fi/: inflection of حَفَّ (ḥaffa):
- second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
- third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive
- تَحِفُّ (taḥiffu) /ta.ħif.fu/: inflection of حَفَّ (ḥaffa):
- second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
- third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
- تَحِفَّ (taḥiffa) /ta.ħif.fa/: inflection of حَفَّ (ḥaffa):
- second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
- third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
- تَحِفِّ (taḥiffi) /ta.ħif.fi/: inflection of حَفَّ (ḥaffa):
- second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
- third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- تحاف (tuhaf)
Etymology
From Arabic تُحَف (tuḥaf), plural of تُحْفة (tuḥfa, “something precious, treasure”).
Adjective
تحف • (tuhaf)
- curious, odd, strange
- نه قدر تحف ― ne kadar tuhaf ― how strange!
- funny, ridiculous, comical
- unusual, rare; precious
Descendants
- Turkish: tuhaf (“strange”)
- → Armenian: թօհաֆ (tʻōhaf), թուֆաֆ (tʻufaf)
- → Laz: ტუაჶი (ťuafi), ტევაჶჶი (ťevaffi) — Ortaalan
Further reading
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “tuhaf 1”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تحف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 350a