سفر

From the root س ف ر‎ (s-f-r); compare سَافَرَ‎ (sāfara, “to travel”), Akkadian 𒆥 (šapāru, KIN, “to send”).

سَفَر • (safar) m (plural أَسْفَار‎ (ʾasfār))

1. departure, journey, travel
2. campaign, military expedition

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “سفر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Unnatural in Arabic, not relating to meanings from the root س ف ر‎ (s-f-r) and marked as from religious contexts, hence borrowed from Aramaic סִפְרָא‎ (sip̱rā, “writing, book”) / ܣܷܦܪܴܐ‎ (sep̱rā, “writing, book”); and compare Hebrew סֵפֶר‎ (séfer, “writing, book”).

سِفْر • (sifr) m (plural أَسْفَار‎ (ʾasfār))

1. book; volume; scripture
2. (Christianity, Judaism) a book of the Bible

   ‏سِفْرُ ٱلْمُلُوكِ ٱلْأَوَّلُ‎ ― sifru l-mulūki l-ʾawwalu ― the First Book of Kings

• Jeffery, Arthur (1938), “سِفْر”, in The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 170–171
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “سفر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

From Arabic صِفْر‎ (ṣifr).

سفر (sifir)

1. (cardinal) zero; 0

• IPA^(key): [sæfæɾ]

From Arabic; compare Akkadian 𒆥 (šapāru, KIN, “to send”).

سفر • (safar)

1. travel
2. trip
3. voyage
4. journey
5. expedition

• سفری‎ (safari)
• سفر کردن‎ (safar kardan)

From Arabic; compare Hebrew סֵפֶר‎ (“book”).

• Homophone: صفر‎

سفر • (sefr)

1. book

From Arabic, confer Akkadian 𒆥 (šapāru, KIN, “to send”).

سفر • (safar) m (Hindi spelling सफ़र)

1. travel
2. trip
3. voyage
4. journey
5. expedition

• ہمسفر
• مسافر