Arabic

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حَنَفِيَّة
 حنفية on Arabic Wikipedia

Etymology

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Root
ح ن ف (ḥ-n-f)

Relative noun (nisba) composed of حَنِيف (ḥanīf) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya) and of حَنَفِيّ (ḥanafiyy).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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حَنَفِيَّة (ḥanafiyyaf (plural حَنَفِيَّات (ḥanafiyyāt))

  1. faucet, spigot, tap
    Synonym: صُنْبُور (ṣunbūr)
  2. (Islam, Christianity) paganism, heathendom
  3. (Islam) Hanafism, a certain school of jurisprudence
    1. (collective, Islam) Hanafis

Declension

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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “حنفية”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 436a
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “حنفية”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 223b

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ح ن ف
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Etymology

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From Arabic حَنَفِيَّة (ḥanafiyya).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ħa.na.fij.je/, [ħa.naˈfij.je]
  • IPA(key): /ħa.na.fij.ja/, [ħa.naˈfij.ja]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

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حنفيّة (ḥanafiyyef (plural حنفيّات (ḥanafiyyāt))

  1. tap, faucet