зарф

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • за̏лф, за̏ф

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ظرف (zarf), from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zârf/

Noun

за̏рф m inan (Latin spelling zȁrf)

  1. zarf
  2. envelope
  3. armor, cover

Declension

Declension of зарф
singular plural
nominative зарф зарфови
genitive зарфа зарфова
dative зарфу зарфовима
accusative зарф зарфове
vocative зарфе зарфови
locative зарфу зарфовима
instrumental зарфом зарфовима

References

  • зарф”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 647

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian ظَرْف (zarf), from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).

Noun

зарф • (zarf) (Persian spelling ظرف)

  1. dish
  2. container
  3. vessel
  4. (grammar) article

Inflection

Inflection of зарф
singular plural
sound broken1
bare зарф (zarf) зарфҳо (zarfho) зуруф (zuruf) [Term?]
definite
object
зарфро (zarfro) зарфҳоро (zarfhoro) зуруфро (zurufro) ро (ro)
izofa зарфи (zarf-i) зарфҳои (zarfho-yi) зуруфи (zuruf-i) и (i)
indefinite,
definite
relative
bare зарфе (zarfe)
object зарферо (zarfero)

1Broken plurals are generally much less common than sound plurals.

Possessive forms of зарф
singular plural
sound broken1
bare 1st singular зарфам (zarfam) зарфҳоям (zarfhoyam) зуруфам (zurufam) ам (am)
2nd singular зарфат (zarfat) зарфҳоят (zarfhoyat) зуруфат (zurufat) ат (at)
3rd singular зарфаш (zarfaš) зарфҳояш (zarfhoyaš) зуруфаш (zurufaš) аш ()
1st plural зарфамон (zarfamon) зарфҳоямон (zarfhoyamon) зуруфамон (zurufamon) амон (amon)
2nd plural зарфатон (zarfaton) зарфҳоятон (zarfhoyaton) зуруфатон (zurufaton) атон (aton)
3rd plural зарфашон (zarfašon) зарфҳояшон (zarfhoyašon) зуруфашон (zurufašon) ашон (ašon)
singular plural
sound broken1
definite
object
1st singular зарфамро (zarfamro) зарфҳоямро (zarfhoyamro) зуруфамро (zurufamro) амро (amro)
2nd singular зарфатро (zarfatro) зарфҳоятро (zarfhoyatro) зуруфатро (zurufatro) атро (atro)
3rd singular зарфашро (zarfašro) зарфҳояшро (zarfhoyašro) зуруфашро (zurufašro) ашро (ašro)
1st plural зарфамонро (zarfamonro) зарфҳоямонро (zarfhoyamonro) зуруфамонро (zurufamonro) амонро (amonro)
2nd plural зарфатонро (zarfatonro) зарфҳоятонро (zarfhoyatonro) зуруфатонро (zurufatonro) атонро (atonro)
3rd plural зарфашонро (zarfašonro) зарфҳояшонро (zarfhoyašonro) зуруфашонро (zurufašonro) ашонро (ašonro)

1Broken plurals are generally much less common than sound plurals.

Further reading