زفير

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ز ف ر (z f r). Possibly related to the Greek word Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros, “west wind”), which is also the origin of the English word zephyr (“light breeze”).

Noun

زَفِير • (zafīr) m (plural أَزْفَار (ʔazfār))

verbal noun of زَفَرَ (zafara) (form I)
exhalation
Antonym: شَهِيق (šahīq)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 11:106:
  فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ شَقُوا فَفِي النَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ
  faʔammā llaḏīna šaqū fafī n-nāri lahum fīhā zafīrun
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 21:100:
  لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يَسْمَعُونَ
  lahum fīhā zafīrun wahum fīhā lā yasmaʕūna
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of noun **زَفِير** (zafīr)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	زَفِير zafīr	الزَّفِير az-zafīr	زَفِير zafīr
nominative	زَفِيرٌ zafīrun	الزَّفِيرُ az-zafīru	زَفِيرُ zafīru
accusative	زَفِيرًا zafīran	الزَّفِيرَ az-zafīra	زَفِيرَ zafīra
genitive	زَفِيرٍ zafīrin	الزَّفِيرِ az-zafīri	زَفِيرِ zafīri
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	زَفِيرَيْن zafīrayn	الزَّفِيرَيْن az-zafīrayn	زَفِيرَيْ zafīray
nominative	زَفِيرَانِ zafīrāni	الزَّفِيرَانِ az-zafīrāni	زَفِيرَا zafīrā
accusative	زَفِيرَيْنِ zafīrayni	الزَّفِيرَيْنِ az-zafīrayni	زَفِيرَيْ zafīray
genitive	زَفِيرَيْنِ zafīrayni	الزَّفِيرَيْنِ az-zafīrayni	زَفِيرَيْ zafīray
plural	basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَزْفَار ʔazfār	الْأَزْفَار al-ʔazfār	أَزْفَار ʔazfār
nominative	أَزْفَارٌ ʔazfārun	الْأَزْفَارُ al-ʔazfāru	أَزْفَارُ ʔazfāru
accusative	أَزْفَارًا ʔazfāran	الْأَزْفَارَ al-ʔazfāra	أَزْفَارَ ʔazfāra
genitive	أَزْفَارٍ ʔazfārin	الْأَزْفَارِ al-ʔazfāri	أَزْفَارِ ʔazfāri

Hypernyms

اِسْتِنْشَاق (istinšāq)

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic زَفِير (zafīr).

Pronunciation

(Kuwait) IPA^(key): /zəˈfiːr/

Noun

زَفير • (zafīr)

exhalation, expiration
Antonym: شهيق (šahīq)