نفر
Arabic
Etymology 1
From the root ن ف ر (n-f-r).
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Verb
نَفَرَ • (nafara) I, non-past يَنْفِرُ (yanfiru)
- to flee, to run away, to turn tail, to scamper, to abscond, to get away, to escape
- to break loose, to recoil, to slip away, to free oneself, to get free, to break away, to free
- to have an aversion, to have a distaste
- to hate intensely, to dislike, to be disinclined to, to feel disgust for, to have an aversion to, to detest, to abhor, to loathe
- to avoid, to shun, to eschew
- to hurry, to rush, to hasten
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Verb
نَفَرَ • (nafara) I, non-past يَنْفِرُ (yanfiru)
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Verb
نَفَّرَ • (naffara) II, non-past يُنَفِّرُ (yunaffiru)
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Noun
نَفَر • (nafar) m (plural أَنْفَار (ʔanfār))
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (form I)
- band, party, group, troop, herd, coterie, collective, cohort, clique, company, association, society, gang, flock, circle, cabal, squad, community, crowd
- (military) unit, troop
- (military) soldier, private, man
- guy, individual, person, gent, persona
Declension
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Descendants
- → Armenian: նաֆար (nafar)
- → Azerbaijani: nəfər
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Turkish: nefer
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- → Tajik: нафар (nafar)
- → Uyghur: نەپەر (neper)
Verb
نَفِرَّ • (nafirra) (form I)
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “نفر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2823
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “نفر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1154
Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Persian
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- Vocalised Persian: نَفَر
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- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [na.faɾ]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [nä.fäɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [nä.fäɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [nä.fäɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [næ.fæɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [nä.fäɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | nafar |
| Dari reading? | nafar |
| Iranian reading? | nafar |
| Tajik reading? | nafar |
Noun
| Dari | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | нафар |
نفر • (nafar)
- person
- unit
- a classifier for counting humans