خفاش

Arabic

Etymology

From خَفِشَ (ḵafiša, “to be day-blind, to have poor eyesight”).

Noun

خُفَّاش • (ḵuffāš) m (plural خَفَافِيش (ḵafāfīš))

1. bat (winged animal)

Declension

Declension of noun خُفَّاش (ḵuffāš)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُفَّاش ḵuffāš	الْخُفَّاش al-ḵuffāš	خُفَّاش ḵuffāš
Nominative	خُفَّاشٌ ḵuffāšun	الْخُفَّاشُ al-ḵuffāšu	خُفَّاشُ ḵuffāšu
Accusative	خُفَّاشًا ḵuffāšan	الْخُفَّاشَ al-ḵuffāša	خُفَّاشَ ḵuffāša
Genitive	خُفَّاشٍ ḵuffāšin	الْخُفَّاشِ al-ḵuffāši	خُفَّاشِ ḵuffāši
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُفَّاشَيْن ḵuffāšayn	الْخُفَّاشَيْن al-ḵuffāšayn	خُفَّاشَيْ ḵuffāšay
Nominative	خُفَّاشَانِ ḵuffāšāni	الْخُفَّاشَانِ al-ḵuffāšāni	خُفَّاشَا ḵuffāšā
Accusative	خُفَّاشَيْنِ ḵuffāšayni	الْخُفَّاشَيْنِ al-ḵuffāšayni	خُفَّاشَيْ ḵuffāšay
Genitive	خُفَّاشَيْنِ ḵuffāšayni	الْخُفَّاشَيْنِ al-ḵuffāšayni	خُفَّاشَيْ ḵuffāšay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَفَافِيش ḵafāfīš	الْخَفَافِيش al-ḵafāfīš	خَفَافِيش ḵafāfīš
Nominative	خَفَافِيشُ ḵafāfīšu	الْخَفَافِيشُ al-ḵafāfīšu	خَفَافِيشُ ḵafāfīšu
Accusative	خَفَافِيشَ ḵafāfīša	الْخَفَافِيشَ al-ḵafāfīša	خَفَافِيشَ ḵafāfīša
Genitive	خَفَافِيشَ ḵafāfīša	الْخَفَافِيشِ al-ḵafāfīši	خَفَافِيشِ ḵafāfīši

Synonyms

• خنفوش
• خفدود
• وطواط

Descendants

• Hijazi Arabic: خُفَّاش (ḵuffāš)
• → Persian: خفاش (xoffâš)
• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟ݂ܸܫܹܝܦ̮ܹܐ (ḵiššēfē)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
خ ف ش
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic خُفَّاش (ḵuffāš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xuˈf.faːʃ/

Noun

خفاش • (ḵuffāš) m (plural خفافيش (ḵafāfīš))

1. bat (winged animal)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خُفَّاش (ḵuffāš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xuf.faːʃ/

Noun

خفاش • (ḵuffāš) m (plural خفافش (ḵfāfiš))

1. bat (winged animal)

   Synonyms: طير الليل (ṭīr el-līl, ṭayr el-layl), سحت الليل (saḥt el-līl, saḥt el-layl)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic خُفَّاش (ḵuffāš).

Noun

خفاش • (huffaş) (plural خفافيش)

1. bat (mammal)

   Synonym: یراسه (yarasa)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خفاش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 546
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خفاش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 856

Persian

یک خفاش
A bat

Etymology

From Arabic خُفَّاش (ḵuffāš).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [xofːˈɒːʃ]

Noun

خفاش • (xoffâš) (plural خفاشان (xoffâšân) or خفاش‌ها (xoffâš-hâ))

1. bat (small, winged animal)

Synonyms

• شب‌کور (šab-kur), شَب‌پَره (šab-pare)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خُفَّاش (ḵuffāš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaf.faːʃ/, [xafˈfæːʃ]

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Noun

خفّاش • (ḵaffāš) m (plural خفافيش (ḵafāfīš))

1. bat (winged animal)