كلف

See also: گلف

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ك ل ف (k-l-f).

Verb

كَلِفَ (kalifa) I, non-past يَكْلَفُ‎ (yaklafu)

  1. to spend zeal, pains and costs (on a thing)
  2. to be eager
  3. to be or fall in love (بِ (bi) with)
  4. to like (بِ (bi) something), to be very attached (بِ (bi) to)
  5. to become reddish brown (of the face)
  6. to become freckled
Conjugation
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), كلف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), كلف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Verb

كَلَّفَ (kallafa) II, non-past يُكَلِّفُ‎ (yukallifu)

  1. to entrust ([transitive] someone [transitive or بِ (bi)] with something), to impose (a matter on someone)
  2. (ditransitive) to assign (someone a task)
  3. to molest, to make difficulties for, to trouble
  4. (ditransitive) to cost (someone something)
Conjugation
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), كلف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), كلف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 3

Noun

كَلَف (kalaf) m (plural أَكْلَاف (ʾaklāf))

  1. verbal noun of كَلِفَ (kalifa) (form I)
  2. pains and care taken
  3. amorousness
  4. brown spot, freckle
  5. cost
Declension
References

Persian

Noun

كلف (kolf)

  1. (dialectal, Alamarvdasht) lock
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