تحف

See also: تحق and تخف

Arabic

Verb

تحف (form I)

  1. تَحُفُّ (taḥuffu) /ta.ħuf.fu/: inflection of حَفَّ (ḥaffa):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
  2. تُحَفُّ (tuḥaffu) /tu.ħaf.fu/: inflection of حَفَّ (ḥaffa):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
  3. تَحُفَّ (taḥuffa) /ta.ħuf.fa/: inflection of حَفَّ (ḥaffa):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
  4. تُحَفَّ (tuḥaffa) /tu.ħaf.fa/: inflection of حَفَّ (ḥaffa):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive
  5. تَحُفِّ (taḥuffi) /ta.ħuf.fi/: inflection of حَفَّ (ḥaffa):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
  6. تُحَفِّ (tuḥaffi) /tu.ħaf.fi/: inflection of حَفَّ (ḥaffa):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive
  7. تَحِفُّ (taḥiffu) /ta.ħif.fu/: inflection of حَفَّ (ḥaffa):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
  8. تَحِفَّ (taḥiffa) /ta.ħif.fa/: inflection of حَفَّ (ḥaffa):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
  9. تَحِفِّ (taḥiffi) /ta.ħif.fi/: inflection of حَفَّ (ḥaffa):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic تُحَف (tuḥaf), plural of تُحْفة (tuḥfa, something precious, treasure).

Adjective

تحف • (tuhaf)

  1. curious, odd, strange
    نه قدر تحفne kadar tuhafhow strange!
  2. funny, ridiculous, comical
  3. 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