Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ن و ف (n-w-f)

Verb edit

نَافَ (nāfa) I, non-past يَنُوفُ‎ (yanūfu)

  1. to exceed, to surpass, to go over
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Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

نَافٍ (nāfin) (feminine نَافِيَة (nāfiya), masculine plural نَافُون (nāfūn), feminine plural نَافِيَات (nāfiyāt))

  1. active participle of نَفَى (nafā)
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Derived terms edit

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃nebʰ- (navel). Compare Avestan 𐬥𐬁𐬟𐬋 (nāfō), Sanskrit नाभि (nābhi), English navel.

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? nāf
Dari reading? nāf
Iranian reading? nâf
Tajik reading? nof

Noun edit

Dari ناف
Iranian Persian
Tajik ноф

ناف (nâf)

  1. navel

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ناف”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “ناف”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1280

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian ناف (nāf). Doublet of نابھی (nābhi). Related to English navel.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ناف (nāff (Hindi spelling नाफ़)

  1. navel
    Synonym: نابھی (nābhi)