لطافة

Arabic

Root
ل ط ف (l-ṭ-f)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.tˤaː.fa/

Noun

لَطَافَة • (laṭāfa) f (plural لَطَافَات (laṭāfāt))

1. thinness, fineness, delicacy
2. gracefulness, loveliness, charm
3. kindness, benevolence, politeness
4. friendliness
5. intellectual refinement, sophistication
6. suavity, urbaneness

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: lətafət, Lətafət
• → Ottoman Turkish: لطافت

  → Turkish: letafet, Letafet

• → Uyghur: لاتاپەت (latapet)
• → Uzbek: latofat

References

• Wehr, Hans (1960) “لطافة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz