हरफ़

Hindi

Alternative forms

• हर्फ़ (harf)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرْف (ḥarf). Compare Punjabi ਹਰਫ਼ (haraf) / حرف (ḥrf), Gujarati હરફ (haraph), Bengali হরফ (horoph).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.ɾəf/, [ɦɐ.ɾɐf], /ɦə.ɾəpʰ/, [ɦɐ.ɾɐpʰ]

Noun

हरफ़ • (haraf) m (Urdu spelling حرف)

1. letter, character (of an alphabet)

   Synonym: अक्षर (akṣar)

Declension

Declension of हरफ़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हरफ़ haraf	हरफ़, हरूफ़ haraf, harūf
oblique	हरफ़ haraf	हरफ़ों, हरूफ़ों harafõ, harūfõ
vocative	हरफ़ haraf	हरफ़ो, हरूफ़ो harafo, harūfo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “harf”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press