हरफ़

Hindi edit

Alternative forms edit

हर्फ़ (harf)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic حَرْف (ḥarf). Compare Punjabi ਹਰਫ਼ (haraf) / حرف (ḥrf), Gujarati હરફ (haraph), Bengali হরফ (horoph).

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.ɾəf/, [ɦɐ.ɾɐf], /ɦə.ɾəpʰ/, [ɦɐ.ɾɐpʰ]

Noun edit

हरफ़ • (haraf) m (Urdu spelling حرف)

letter, character (of an alphabet)
Synonym: अक्षर (akṣar)

Declension edit

Declension of हरफ़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हरफ़ haraf	हरफ़, हरूफ़ haraf, harūf
oblique	हरफ़ haraf	हरफ़ों, हरूफ़ों harafõ, harūfõ
vocative	हरफ़ haraf	हरफ़ो, हरूफ़ो harafo, harūfo

References edit

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “harf”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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