साफ

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sɑːf/, [säːf], /sɑːpʰ/, [säːpʰ]

Adjective

साफ • (sāf) (indeclinable)

1. nuqtaless form of साफ़ (sāf)

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صاف (sāf), from Arabic صَافٍ (ṣāfin). Compare Gujarati સાફ (sāph), Hindi साफ़ (sāf), Punjabi ਸਾਫ਼ (sāf) / صاف (ṣāf), Bengali সাফ (śaph), Assamese চফা (sopha), চাফা (sapha).

Adjective

साफ • (sāph)

1. clean

   Synonyms: निर्मळ (nirmaḷ), स्वच्छ (svaccha)

Adverb

साफ • (sāph)

1. clearly, plainly

Derived terms

• साफ करणे (sāph karṇe)
• साफसफाई (sāphsaphāī)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “साफ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “साफ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “साफ”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).