See also: نقر

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ن ف ر (n-f-r)

Verb edit

نَفَرَ (nafara) I, non-past يَنْفُرُ or يَنْفِرُ‎ (yanfuru or yanfiru)

  1. to shy, to bolt, to stampede
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نَفَرَ (nafara) I, non-past يَنْفِرُ‎ (yanfiru)

  1. to flee, to run away, to turn tail, to scamper, to abscond, to get away, to escape
  2. to break loose, to recoil, to slip away, to free oneself, to get free, to break away, to free
  3. to have an aversion, to have a distaste
  4. to hate intensely, to dislike, to be disinclined to, to feel disgust for, to have an aversion to, to detest, to abhor, to loathe
  5. to avoid, to shun, to eschew
  6. to hurry, to rush, to hasten
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نَفَرَ (nafara) I, non-past يَنْفِرُ‎ (yanfiru)

  1. to bulge, to swell, to jut out, to protrude, to stand out, to stick out
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

نَفَّرَ (naffara) II, non-past يُنَفِّرُ‎ (yunaffiru)

  1. to startle, to frighten, to scare away, to frighten away, to drive away, to chase away
  2. to shy, to bolt, to stampede
  3. to alienate, to estrange, to deter, to make dissatisfied
  4. to make averse to, to make disinclined to, to make hateful to, to alienate from, to make someone hate
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Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

نَفَر (nafarm (plural أَنْفَار (ʔanfār))

  1. verbal noun of نَفَرَ (nafara) (form I)
  2. band, party, group, troop, herd, coterie, collective, cohort, clique, company, association, society, gang, flock, circle, cabal, squad, community, crowd
  3. (military) unit, troop
  4. (military) soldier, private, man
  5. guy, individual, person, gent, persona
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Armenian: նաֆար (nafar)
  • Azerbaijani: nəfər
  • Ottoman Turkish: نفر (nefer)
  • Persian: نفر (nafar)
  • Tajik: нафар (nafar)
  • Uyghur: نەپەر (neper)

Etymology 4 edit

Adjective edit

نَفْر or نُفَّر (nafr or nuffarm pl

  1. plural of نَافِر (nāfir, shy, fearful, timid)

Etymology 5 edit

Verb edit

نَفِرُّ (nafirru) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active indicative of فَرَّ (farra)

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نَفِرَّ (nafirra) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of فَرَّ (farra)
  2. first-person plural non-past active jussive of فَرَّ (farra)

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نَفِرِّ (nafirri) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of فَرَّ (farra)

Etymology 6 edit

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نَفِرُ (nafiru) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active indicative of وَفَرَ (wafara)

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نَفِرَ (nafira) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of وَفَرَ (wafara)

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نَفِرْ (nafir) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of وَفَرَ (wafara)

References edit

Egyptian Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic نَفَر (nafar).

Noun edit

نفر (nafarm (plural أنفار (ʔanfār), paucal تنفار (tinfār))

  1. person
    النفر بكام في المطعم؟
    in-nafar bi-kam fi l-maṭʕam
    How much is it per person in the restaurant?

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic نَفَر (nafar).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? nafar
Dari reading? nafar
Iranian reading? nafar
Tajik reading? nafar
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Noun edit

Dari نفر
Iranian Persian
Tajik нафар

نفر (nafar) (plural نفرات (nafarât))

  1. A classifier for counting humans.
    ۳ نفر3 nafarthree people
    ۲۱۰ هزار نفر ایرانی210 hazâr nafar irâni210,000 Iranians
  2. (formal) soldier

Usage notes edit

  • Since Persian nouns do not take the plural form when following a number, but classifiers always follow a number by definition, the plural نفرات (nafarât, soldiers) is reserved for the meaning "soldier".