हरफ़
Hindi
Alternative forms
- हर्फ़ (harf)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حَرْف (ḥarf). Compare Punjabi ਹਰਫ਼ (haraf) / حرف (ḥrf), Gujarati હરફ (haraph), Bengali হরফ (horoph).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɦə.ɾəf/, [ɦɐ.ɾɐf], /ɦə.ɾəpʰ/, [ɦɐ.ɾɐpʰ]
Noun
हरफ़ • (haraf) m (Urdu spelling حرف)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | हरफ़ haraf |
हरफ़, हरूफ़ haraf, harūf |
| oblique | हरफ़ haraf |
हरफ़ों, हरूफ़ों harafõ, harūfõ |
| vocative | हरफ़ haraf |
हरफ़ो, हरूफ़ो harafo, harūfo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “harf”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press