See also: ضاف

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ص ف و (ṣ f w)
13 terms

Derived from the active participle of صَفَا (ṣafā, to be pure).

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Adjective

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صَافٍ (ṣāfin) (construct state صَافِي (ṣāfī), masculine plural صَافُونَ (ṣāfūna), feminine plural صَافِيَات (ṣāfiyāt), elative أَصْفَى (ʔaṣfā))

  1. pure, clear, unmixed
  2. serene, bright
  3. cold
  4. shining, flashing
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Maltese: safi
  • Ottoman Turkish: صافی (sâfî)
  • Swahili: safi
  • Uzbek: sof

Etymology 2

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Root
ص ي ف (ṣ y f)
2 terms

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Verb

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صَافَ (ṣāfa) I (non-past يَصِيفُ (yaṣīfu), verbal noun صَيْف (ṣayf) or مَصِيف (maṣīf))

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Abū Al-Baqā’ Al-Ukbari, quoting Al-Mutanabbi, edited by Mustafa As-Saqā, Ibrāhīm Al-Abyari, and Abd Al-Hafīdh Shalbi, دِيوَانُ أَبِي الطَّيِّبِ الْمُتَنَبِّي بِشَرْحِ أَبِي الْبَقَاءِ الْعَكْبَرِيِّ الْمُسَمَّى بِالتِّبْيَانِ فِي شَرْحِ الدِّيوَانِ (dīwānu ʔabī ṭ-ṭayyibi l-mutanabbī bišarḥi ʔabī l-baqāʔi l-ʕakbariyyi l-musammā bi-t-tibyāni fī šarḥi d-dīwāni), volume 4, Beirut, Lebanon: Al-Ma'rifah, published 1978, section 284, page 273:
      وَصِفْتُ فِيهَا مَصِيفَ بَادِيَةٍ / شَتَوْتُ بِالصَّحْصَحَانِ مَشْتَاهَا
      waṣiftu fīhā maṣīfa bādiyatin / šatawtu bi-ṣ-ṣaḥṣaḥāni maštāhā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Persian

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Etymology

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Derived from Arabic صَافٍ (ṣāfin).

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Readings
Classical reading? sāf
Dari reading? sāf
Iranian reading? sâf
Tajik reading? sof

Adjective

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Dari صاف
Iranian Persian
Tajik соф

صاف (sâf)

  1. flat
  2. smooth
  3. even
  4. plane
  5. clear
  6. pure

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Dari صاف
Iranian Persian
Tajik соф

صاف (sâf)

  1. directly

Sindhi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian صاف (sāf), from Arabic صَافٍ (ṣāfin).

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صافُ (sāfu) (Devanagari साफ़ु)

  1. clean, pure, clear, definite, explicit; cleaned out, empty

References

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  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “صافُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian صاف (sāf), from Arabic صَافٍ (ṣāfin).

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صاف (sāf) (Hindi spelling साफ़)

  1. clean
  2. blank
  3. pure
  4. clear, sensible