شلف
North Levantine Arabic
editEtymology
editProbably related with Maltese xlief (“fishing line”) and xellef (“to chip”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
editشَلَف • (šalaf) (non-past يشلُف ,يشلِف (yišlof, yišlef), verbal noun شلف, šaləf)
Derived terms
edit- شلفة (šalfe, “a toss”)
Verb
editشلّف • (šallaf)
Persian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Russian шала́ва (šaláva).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʃalf]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʃælf]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʃälf]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | šalf |
Dari reading? | šalf |
Iranian reading? | šalf |
Tajik reading? | šalf |
Noun
editشلف • (šalf)
- (derogatory) a prostitute, a whore