مصاف

Arabic

Noun

مَصَافّ • (maṣāff) pl

plural of مَصَفّ (maṣaff, “row, rank”)

Noun

مَصَافٍ • (maṣāfin) pl (construct state مَصَافِي (maṣāfī))

plural of مَصْفًى (maṣfan), plural of مِصْفَاة (miṣfāh, “filter, searce, refinery”)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَصَافّ (maṣāff).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ma.ˈsaːff/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.sɑ́ːf(ː)]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.sɑ́ːf(ː)]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.sɔ́ːf(ː)]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæ.sɒ́ːf(ː)]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.sɔ́f(ː)]

Readings
Classical reading^?	masāff
Dari reading^?	masāff
Iranian reading^?	masâff
Tajik reading^?	masoff

Noun

مصاف • (masāff / masâff)

battle lines; (metonymic) battle
- 1510s, Faẓlullāh Rōzbihān Khunjī, سلوک الملوک:
  با یکدیگر مصافی دادند بر لب کول
  هر دو جوان پرزور هر دو یل بهادر
  bā yakdīgar masāffē dādand bar lab-i kūl
  har du jawān-i pur-zōr har du yal-i bahādur
  They fought each other in battle on the banks of the Kūl,
  Both of them strong young men, both valiant heroes.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مصاف”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim