يافا

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יָפוֹ (yāfō).

Proper noun

يَافَا • (yāfā) f

  1. Jaffa

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יָפוֹ (yāfō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jaː.fa/, [ˈjæː.fa]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Proper noun

يافا • (yāfa) f

  1. Jaffa (a port city on the coast of Israel)
    Synonym: يافا القدس (yāft il-quds)
  2. Jaffa (a city in Galilee, Israel)
    Synonym: يافا الناصرة (yāft in-nāṣre)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.