Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ط ر ف (ṭ r f)
7 terms

Derived from the active participle of تَطَرَّفَ (taṭarrafa, to be extreme, to be radical).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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مُتَطَرِّف (mutaṭarrif) (feminine مُتَطَرِّفَة (mutaṭarrifa), masculine plural مُتَطَرِّفُونَ (mutaṭarrifūna), feminine plural مُتَطَرِّفَات (mutaṭarrifāt))

  1. extreme
  2. (politics) radical
  3. (statistics) extreme (value, etc)

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Noun

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مُتَطَرِّف (mutaṭarrifm (plural مُتَطَرِّفُون (mutaṭarrifūn), feminine مُتَطَرِّفَة (mutaṭarrifa))

  1. (politics) extremist, radical

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “طرف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN