هاتف

See also: hatif and hâtif

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb هَتَفَ (hatafa, to shout, to call out), from the root ه ت ف (h-t-f).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haː.tif/

Noun

هَاتِف (hātif) m (plural هَوَاتِف (hawātif))

  1. shouting, calling loudly
  2. voice
  3. telephone
  4. loudspeaker
  5. (in the plural) exclamations, shouts, cries, calls

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), هتف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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