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حرف

Pronunciation: /ħa.ra.fa/

“حرف” is an Arabic word. Its 17 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to turn to the opposite side
  2. to trade, to do business
  3. to trim, to snip
  4. to slant, to incline
  5. to bend down, up, or back, to turn down, up, or back
  6. to deflect
  7. to distort, to corrupt, to falsify, to misconstrue, to pervert, to twist

noun

  1. cutting edge, sharp edge
  2. border, brink, edge, rim
  3. letter (of the alphabet), piece of type
  4. consonant
  5. particle
  6. word
  7. cress (Lepidium sativum, a garden vegetable)
  8. bitter-cress (Cardamine, some of which are eatable, some of medicinal use)
  9. water-cress (Nasturtium officinale, eatable and of medicinal use)

adjective

  1. hardy, strong and/or lean and/or swift

Etymology

Cognate to Aramaic חָרַף (ḥarap, “to scrape, sharpen, to grind”), Classical Syriac ܚܪܰܦ (ḥrap̄, “to blend, to scrape together”), Classical Syriac ܚܰܪܦܐ (ḥarp̄a, “blade, sword”), Ge'ez ሐረፈ (ḥäräfä, “to crush, to grind, to tear off the top”).

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