different between larf vs zarf

English

Verb

larf (third-person singular simple present larfs, present participle larfin', simple past and past participle larfed)

1. (chiefly Cockney) Pronunciation spelling of laugh. [19th century to the present]
   • 1901, Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career, chapter 31

     The neighbours described me as "a sorrowful lookin' delicate creetur', that couldn't larf to save her life" […]

Noun

larf (plural larfs)

1. (chiefly Cockney) Pronunciation spelling of laugh. [20th century to the present]

References

• “larf” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd edition; 1989]

Anagrams

• farl

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?rf/
• Hyphenation: larf
• Rhymes: -?rf

Noun

larf f (plural larven, diminutive larfje n)

1. Alternative form of larve.

English

Etymology

Likely from Ottoman Turkish ???? (zarf), from Arabic ?????? (?arf).

Noun

zarf (plural zarfs)

1. An ornamental container designed to hold a coffee cup and insulate it from the hand of the drinker.

Albanian

Etymology

Likely from Ottoman Turkish ????, from Arabic ?????? (?arf, “container”).

Noun

zarf ?

1. envelope

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• z?lf, z?f

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (zarf), from Arabic ?????? (?arf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zârf/

Noun

z?rf m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. zarf
2. envelope
3. armor, cover

Declension

References

• “zarf” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
• Škalji?, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 647

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (zarf), from Arabic ?????? (?arf, “container”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [za?f]

Noun

zarf (definite accusative zarf?, plural zarflar)

1. envelope
2. (grammar) adverb

Declension