خرافة

Arabic

Root
خ ر ف (ḵ r f)
9 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xu.raː.fa/

Noun

خُرَافَة • (ḵurāfa) f (plural خُرَافَات (ḵurāfāt))

(archaic) plucked up fruits
myth, chatter, rigmarole, mumbo jumbo, cock-and-bull story, tall tale

Declension

Declension of noun **خُرَافَة** (ḵurāfa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خُرَافَة ḵurāfa	الْخُرَافَة al-ḵurāfa	خُرَافَة ḵurāfat
nominative	خُرَافَةٌ ḵurāfatun	الْخُرَافَةُ al-ḵurāfatu	خُرَافَةُ ḵurāfatu
accusative	خُرَافَةً ḵurāfatan	الْخُرَافَةَ al-ḵurāfata	خُرَافَةَ ḵurāfata
genitive	خُرَافَةٍ ḵurāfatin	الْخُرَافَةِ al-ḵurāfati	خُرَافَةِ ḵurāfati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خُرَافَتَيْن ḵurāfatayn	الْخُرَافَتَيْن al-ḵurāfatayn	خُرَافَتَيْ ḵurāfatay
nominative	خُرَافَتَانِ ḵurāfatāni	الْخُرَافَتَانِ al-ḵurāfatāni	خُرَافَتَا ḵurāfatā
accusative	خُرَافَتَيْنِ ḵurāfatayni	الْخُرَافَتَيْنِ al-ḵurāfatayni	خُرَافَتَيْ ḵurāfatay
genitive	خُرَافَتَيْنِ ḵurāfatayni	الْخُرَافَتَيْنِ al-ḵurāfatayni	خُرَافَتَيْ ḵurāfatay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خُرَافَات ḵurāfāt	الْخُرَافَات al-ḵurāfāt	خُرَافَات ḵurāfāt
nominative	خُرَافَاتٌ ḵurāfātun	الْخُرَافَاتُ al-ḵurāfātu	خُرَافَاتُ ḵurāfātu
accusative	خُرَافَاتٍ ḵurāfātin	الْخُرَافَاتِ al-ḵurāfāti	خُرَافَاتِ ḵurāfāti
genitive	خُرَافَاتٍ ḵurāfātin	الْخُرَافَاتِ al-ḵurāfāti	خُرَافَاتِ ḵurāfāti

Derived terms

خُرَافِيّ (ḵurāfiyy, “fabulated”)

Descendants

Maltese: ħrafa
Moroccan Arabic: خرافة (ḵrāfa)
→ Classical Persian: خُرَافَه (xorâfe)
→ Urdu: خرافت (xurāfat)
→ Ottoman Turkish: خرافه (hurâfe)
- Turkish: hurafe

(via plural form خُرَافَات (ḵurāfāt))

→ Azerbaijani: xurafat
→ Indonesian: khurafat
→ Hindustani: (from the plural خُرَافَات (ḵurāfāt))
Hindi: ख़ुराफ़ात (xurāfāt)

Urdu: خُرَافَات (xurāfāt)
→ Persian: خرافات (xorâfât)
- Tajik: хурофот (xurofot)
→ Ottoman Turkish: خرافات (hurâfât)
- → Crimean Tatar: hurafat
→ Tatar: хорафат (xorafat)
→ Uyghur: خۇراپات (xurapat)
→ Uzbek: xurofot

References

Freytag, Georg (1830) “خرافة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 478
Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “خرافة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 562

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ ر ف
6 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic خُرَافَة (ḵurāfa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xu.raː.fe/, [xʊˈrˤɑː.fe]
IPA^(key): /xu.raː.fa/, [xʊˈrˤɑː.fa]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Noun

خرافة • (ḵurāfe) f (feminine خرافات (ḵurāfāt))

legend, superstition, old wives' tale