كنف
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كنف¹
- /ka.na.fa/
Where it comes from
From the root ك ن ف (k n f), with some senses denominally derived from كَنِيف (kanīf, “a toilet”).
verb كَنَفَ · kanafa · يَكْنُفُ · كَنْف · كُنُوف
- to enclose (an area); to fence
- to confine (something or someone); to shut, lock, close, or fence in; to enclose
- to protect; to guard; to keep; to shelter
- to raise or treat as a relation (especially as one's child); to adopt
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to outspread (one's hands) like a bowl
Similar: جَمَعَ
- to supply (an area) with a toilet
كنف²
- /kanf/
noun كَنْف · kanf · الْكَنْف · كَنْفٌ
- verbal noun of كَنَفَ (kanafa) (form I)
كنف³
- /ka.naf/
Where it comes from
From Proto-Semitic *kanap-; cognate with Akkadian 𒉺 (kappuᵐ, “wing, branch”), Hebrew כנף (kanáf, “wing”), Ge'ez ክንፍ (kənf, “wing, fin”).
In English
- wing part of an animal
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