ترف
العربية
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ترف
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Probably from Aramaic תרף / ܬܪܦ (trap̄). Its meanings “to sink in, to disappear; to be or become soft, to become digested or dissolved; to perish, to become ruined” are apparently from a basic meaning “to remain behind” as evidenced by South Semitic languages, widely used in Ethiopian Semitic, Ge'ez ተርፈ (tärfä), ተረፈ (täräfä) as ”to be left behind” and then from “to be left over” “to be excessive, to be superfluous”, Sabaean 𐩩𐩧𐩰 (trf, “to be left over, to remain, to be residual”), and in the other direction Soqotri terof (“to be in good health”). Surely an ancient agglutination of feminine or reflexive prefix to a stem equivalent to that of رَفَّ (raffa, “to flutter; to flare”), thence also causative رَفَأَ (rafaʔa, “to patch, to apply something on top to fix; to leave (the ship) behind, to dock”).
verb تَرِفَ · tarifa · يَتْرَفُ · تَرَف · تَرِف
- to live in luxury
noun تَرَف · taraf · التَّرَف · تَرَفٌ
- verbal noun of تَرِفَ (tarifa) (form I)
- luxury, opulence, affluence
- effemination
verb تَرَّفَ · tarrafa · يُتَرِّفُ · تَتْرِيف · مُتَرِّف
- to spoil, to render effeminate
adjective تَرِف · tarif
- luxurious, opulent, delicate
- effeminate
In English
- luxury very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
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title = {ترف},
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