See also: تلقون

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from French téléphone.

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

تِلِفُون or تِلِفُون or تَلِفُون (tilifūn or telefōn or talifōnm (plural تِلِفُونَات (tilifūnāt) or تِلِفُونَات (telefōnāt) or تَلِفُونَات (talifōnāt))

  1. telephone
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References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “تلفون”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation 1 edit

Verb edit

تُلْفُونَ (tulfūna) (form IV)

  1. second-person masculine plural non-past active indicative of أَلْفَى (ʔalfā)

Pronunciation 2 edit

Verb edit

تُلْفَوْنَ (tulfawna) (form IV)

  1. second-person masculine plural non-past passive indicative of أَلْفَى (ʔalfā)

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

تَلُفُّونَ (taluffūna) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine plural non-past active indicative of لَفَّ (laffa)

Moroccan Arabic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From French téléphone.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

تلفون (tilifūnm (plural تلافن (tlāfin) or تلفونات (tilifūnāt))

  1. telephone

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ت ل ف ن
2 terms

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From French téléphone.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ta.la.foːn/, [ta.laˈfoːn]
  • (file)

Noun edit

تلفون (talafōn, tilfōnm (plural تلفونات (talefōnāt))

  1. telephone, phone
    التلفون برنّ.
    it-talefōn birenn
    The phone rings.
  2. phone call

See also edit

  • اتصل (ittaṣal, to contact; to phone, call)
  • ضرب تلفون (ḍarab talefōn, to call, literally to hit the phone)
  • خلوي (ḵalawi, cellphone, mobile phone)