raf

• IPA^(key): [ˈraf]

raf

1. a sound that a dog makes (while biting)

From Old Norse rafr, from Proto-Germanic *rabaz from the verb *rebaną (“to move, stir”). Possibly related to *rēpō, from *h₁reh₁p- (compare Latvian rãpât, Latvian râpt, Middle High German reben (“to move, stir, blend”), Middle High German rebe (“offshoot, bud”)). Compare with Latin serpō.

• IPA^(key): /raːv/
• Rhymes: -aːv

raf n (genitive singular rafs, nominative plural röf)

1. amber

• rafbíll (“electric vehicle”)
• rafmagn (“electricity”)

• A Handbook of Germanic Etymology - 1

• A Handbook of Germanic Etymology - 2

• far

• IPA^(key): /ʀaːf/

raf

1. second-person singular imperative of rafen

raf

1. alternative form of reif

• IPA^(key): /ˈraf/
• Rhymes: -af
• Syllabification: raf

raf f

1. genitive plural of rafa

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish راف (raf), itself from Arabic رَفّ (raff, “shelf”).

• IPA^(key): /rɑf/

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raf (definite accusative rafı, plural raflar)

1. shelf

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “raf1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3928
• “raf”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu