Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ص ف ف (ṣ-f-f)

Noun of place of صَفّ (ṣaff, row).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

مَصَفّ (maṣaffm (plural مَصَافّ (maṣāff))

  1. rank, row (particularly figurative as a place whereupon one is elevated)
  2. composing stick

Declension edit

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic مَصَفّ (maṣaff).

Noun edit

مصف (masaff) (plural مصاف (masaff))

  1. battlefield, the area where a land battle is or was fought

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: masaf

Further reading edit