Gulf Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic سَالِفَة (sālifa, “preceding, previous”).
Pronunciation
Noun
سالفة • (sālfa) f (plural سُوالِف (suwālif))
- a conversation, talk
- a story, narrative, account, tale
Derived terms
- شالسالفة (šis-sālfa, “what's happening, what's going on”)