different between alif vs alef

English

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?alif).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.l?f/

Noun

alif (plural alifs)

1. The first letter of the Arabic alphabet: ?? (?alif).

Translations

See also

• aleph

Anagrams

• -afil, Fail, fail, fila

French

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?alif).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lif/

Noun

alif m (plural alif)

1. alif (Arabic letter)

Anagrams

• fila

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ?????? (?alf).

Numeral

alìf f

1. thousand (principally used in dates)

   Synonym: dubu

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?alif).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lif/, [äl?if]
• Hyphenation: a?lif

Noun

alif f (invariable)

1. The name of the Arabic-script letter ?

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic ???? (?alaf, “forage, provender, feed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l?f/

Noun

alif m

1. fodder, forage, feed

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “alif”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.l?f/

Noun

alef (plural alefs)

1. Alternative form of aleph

Anagrams

• Lafe, Leaf, feal, flea, leaf

Catalan

Noun

alef f (plural alefs)

1. The Hebrew letter ??.

Finnish

Noun

alef

1. aleph (first letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew ??????? (?lep?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.lef/
• Hyphenation: à?lef

Noun

alef m (invariable)

1. aleph, specifically:
   1. The name of the Phoenician-script letter ????
   2. The name of the Hebrew-script letter ?

Related terms

• alfa

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• álef, aleph

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew ?????. Doublet of alfa.

Noun

alef m (plural alefs)

1. aleph (first letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

Spanish

Noun

alef m (plural alefs)

1. Alternative form of álef