لاف

See also: لاق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian لاف (lâf).

Noun

لاف • (lâf)

1. word

   Synonym: سوز (söz)

2. conversation, chat

   Synonym: لقردی (lakırdı)

   لاف ایتمك ― lâf etmek ― to talk, converse

3. babble, chatter, chit-chat

   لاف آتمق ― lâf atmak ― to chatter, babble

4. boastfulness, bragging

   لاف اورمق ― lâf urmak ― to boast

Related terms

• لافزن (lâfazan)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: laf
• → Albanian: llaf
• → Armenian: լաֆ (laf)
• → Aromanian: lafi／lafe
• → Bulgarian: лаф (laf)
• → Macedonian: лаф (laf)
• → Romanian: laf

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لاف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1072a
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لاف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1619b

Persian

Alternative forms

• لابه (lâbe), لاوه (lâve)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian [Term?], cognate with Pashto لودل (laudal, “to say, tell”), and Sanskrit लपति (lapati, “chatter”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [lɑːf]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lɑːf]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lɑːf]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lɑːf]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lɔːf]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [lɒːf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lɔf]

Readings
Classical reading?	lāf
Dari reading?	lāf
Iranian reading?	lâf
Tajik reading?	lof

Noun

لاف • (lâf)

1. boast
2. bluff

Derived terms

• لاف زدن (lâf zadan)
• لافزن (lâfzan)

 

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: لاف (laf)
  • Turkish: laf
  • → Albanian: llaf
  • → Armenian: լաֆ (laf)
  • → Aromanian: lafi／lafe
  • → Bulgarian: лаф (laf)
  • → Macedonian: лаф (laf)
  • → Romanian: laf

References

• Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 212
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “لاف”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press