alif

English

Alif

Etymology

From Arabic أَلِف‎ (ʾalif).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.lɪf/

Noun

alif (plural alifs)

The first letter of the Arabic alphabet: ا‎ (ʾalif).

Translations

first letter of the Arabic alphabet

Arabic: أَلِف‎ m (ʾalif), (symbol) ا‎ (ar)
Catalan: àlif (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿利夫 (ālìfu), 艾利夫 (àilìfu)
Hebrew: אָלֶף‎ (he) f (álef)
Hindi: अलिफ़ m (alif)

Japanese: アリフ (arifu)
Kazakh: әлиф (älïf)
Korean: 알리프 (allipeu)
Malay: alif
Persian: الف‎ (fa) (alef)
Russian: а́лиф m (álif)

See also

aleph

Anagrams

-afil, Fail, fail, fila

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.lif/

Noun

alif m (plural alif)

alif (Arabic letter)

Anagrams

fila

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَلْف‎ (ʾalf).

Numeral

alìf f

thousand (principally used in dates)
Synonym: dubu

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic أَلِف‎ (ʾalif).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.lif/, [äl̺if]
Hyphenation: a‧lif

Noun

alif f (invariable)

The name of the Arabic-script letter ا

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