Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ن و ف (n-w-f)

Verb

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نَافَ (nāfa) I, non-past يَنُوفُ‎ (yanūfu)

  1. to exceed, to surpass, to go over
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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نَافٍ (nāfin) (feminine نَافِيَة (nāfiya), masculine plural نَافُون (nāfūn), feminine plural نَافِيَات (nāfiyāt))

  1. active participle of نَفَى (nafā)
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Persian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₃nebʰ- (navel). Compare Avestan 𐬥𐬁𐬟𐬋 (nāfō), Sanskrit नाभि (nābhi), English navel.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? nāf
Dari reading? nāf
Iranian reading? nâf
Tajik reading? nof

Noun

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Dari ناف
Iranian Persian
Tajik ноф

ناف (nâf)

  1. navel

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References

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  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ناف”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “ناف”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1280

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian ناف (nāf). Doublet of نابھی (nābhi). Related to English navel.

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Noun

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ناف (nāff (Hindi spelling नाफ़)

  1. navel
    Synonym: نابھی (nābhi)