alif

From Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif). Doublet of aleph and alpha.

• IPA^(key): /a.lɪf/

alif (plural alifs)

1. The first letter of the Arabic alphabet: ا (ʔalif).

• aleph

• -afil, Fail, fail, fila

Borrowed from Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif).

• IPA^(key): /a.lif/

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alif m (plural alif)

1. alif (Arabic letter)

• fila

Borrowed from Arabic أَلْف (ʔalf).

• IPA^(key): /ʔá.lìf/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔá.lɪ̀ɸ]

alìf f

1. thousand (principally used in dates)

   Synonym: dubū

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif).

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.lif/
• Rhymes: -alif
• Hyphenation: à‧lif

alif f (invariable)

1. the name of the Arabic-script letter ا

• -fila, fila

From Arabic عَلَف (ʕalaf, “forage, provender, feed”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈlɪf/

alif m (Arabic spelling ئالف)

1. fodder, forage, feed

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “alif”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 5

Borrowed from Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif).

alif (plural aliflar)

1. the Arabic letter ا