طرفاء

Arabic
FWOTD – 8 August 2023
طَرْفَاء

Etymology 1

From the root ط ر ف‎ (ṭ-r-f) related to tips, extremes, limbs, أَطْرَاف‎ (ʔaṭrāf), because of its dainty, lengthy extremities, jutting out from the terrains’ ledges.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tˤar.faːʔ/

Noun

طَرْفَاء • (ṭarfāʔ) f (collective, singulative طَرْفَاءَة‎ f (ṭarfāʔa))

  1. tamarisk (Tamarix spp.)
    • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام‎ [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة‎ [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 7, Art. 22, page 287:
      ‏وأما غراسة الأرز وهو الذي يسمى السرول
      قال هو نوعان أحدهما يشبه الطرفاء والآخر يشبه العرعر      ‎
      About the planting of the cedar which is called cypress
      there are two kinds, one resembles the tamarisk and the other resembles the juniper.
Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tˤu.ra.faːʔ/

Noun

طُرَفَاء • (ṭurafāʔ) m pl

  1. plural of طَرِيف‎ (ṭarīf)

Adjective

طُرَفَاء • (ṭurafāʔ) m pl

  1. masculine plural of طَرِيف‎ (ṭarīf)
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