غلاف

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ل ف‎ (ḡ-l-f); compare غَلَفَ‎ (ḡalafa, “to sheathe, cover, wrap”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣi.laːf/

Noun

غِلَاف • (ḡilāf) m (plural غِلَافَات‎ (ḡilāfāt) or غُلُف‎ (ḡuluf) or أَغْلِفَة‎ (ʔaḡlifa) or غُلْف‎ (ḡulf) or غُلَّف‎ (ḡullaf))

  1. cover
  2. wrapper
  3. envelope (for letters)
  4. case
  5. sheath, scabbard
  6. box, capsule
  7. fruit shell
  8. prepuce
  9. pericardium

Declension

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

Descendants
  • Maltese: ħliefa
  • → Middle Armenian: ղլէֆ (ġlēf)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قلف‎ (kılıf)
    • Turkish: kılıf
    • → Armenian: խըլըֆ (xələf)
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Uzbek: g’ilof

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “غلاف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “غلاف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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