ناف

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ن و ف (n-w-f)

Verb[edit]

نَافَ (nāfa) I, non-past يَنُوفُ‎ (yanūfu)

  1. to exceed, to surpass, to go over
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Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

نَافٍ (nāfin) (feminine نَافِيَة (nāfiya), masculine plural نَافُون (nāfūn), feminine plural نَافِيَات (nāfiyāt))

  1. active participle of نَفَى (nafā)
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Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃nebʰ- (navel). Compare Avestan 𐬥𐬁𐬟𐬋 (nāfō), Sanskrit नाभि (nābhi), English navel.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? nāf
Dari reading? nāf
Iranian reading? nâf
Tajik reading? nof

Noun[edit]

Dari ناف
Iranian Persian
Tajik ноф

ناف (nâf)

  1. navel

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References[edit]

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ناف”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “ناف”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1280

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian ناف (nāf). Doublet of نابھی (nābhi). Related to English navel.

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Noun[edit]

ناف (nāff (Hindi spelling नाफ़)

  1. navel
    Synonym: نابھی (nābhi)