لاف

Borrowed from Persian لاف (lâf).

لاف • (lâf)

1. word

   Synonym: سوز (söz)

2. conversation, chat

   Synonym: لقردی (lakırdı)

   لاف ایتمك ― lâf etmek ― to talk, converse

3. babble, chatter, chit-chat

   لاف آتمق ― lâf atmak ― to chatter, babble

4. boastfulness, bragging

   لاف اورمق ― lâf urmak ― to boast

• Turkish: laf
• → Albanian: llaf
• → Armenian: լաֆ (laf)
• → Aromanian: lafi / lafe
• → Bulgarian: лаф (laf)
• → Macedonian: лаф (laf)
• → Romanian: laf

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لاف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1072a
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لاف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1619b

From Proto-Iranian [Term?], cognate with Pashto لودل (laudal, “to say, tell”), and Sanskrit लपति (lapati, “chatter”).

لاف • (lâf)

1. boast
2. bluff

• لابه (lâbe), لاوه (lâve)

• → Ottoman Turkish: لاف (laf)
  • Turkish: laf
  • → Albanian: llaf
  • → Armenian: լաֆ (laf)
  • → Aromanian: lafi / lafe
  • → Bulgarian: лаф (laf)
  • → Macedonian: лаф (laf)
  • → Romanian: laf

• Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 212
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “لاف”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

لاف • (lâf)

1. (colloquial) alternative form of لحاف (lehâf, “blanket”)