سفرة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س ف ر‎ (s-f-r) meaning “to send off”, “to journey”; originally a provisions for a traveler. The Bedouin practice was to hold food within a leather sheet that was wrapped around the food and tied closed while traveling, then spread out again flat when the meal was to be consumed.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /suf.ra/

Noun

سُفْرَة • (sufra) f (plural سُفَر‎ (sufar))

  1. traveling provision, victuals
  2. leather sheet, eating mat, place mat, tablecloth
  3. dining table, table board
    ‏هُنَاكَ يَجْلِسُ جَمِيعُ أَفْرَادٍ الْعَائِلَةِ حَوْلَ السُّفْرَةِ.‎‎
    hunāka yajlisu jamīʿu ʾafrādin al-ʿāʾilati ḥawla s-sufrati.
    There are all the family (members) sitting around the dining table.

Declension
Declension of noun سُفْرَة (sufra)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سُفْرَة
sufra		 السُّفْرَة‎
as-sufra		 سُفْرَة
sufrat
Nominative سُفْرَةٌ
sufratun		 السُّفْرَةُ‎
as-sufratu		 سُفْرَةُ
sufratu
Accusative سُفْرَةً
sufratan		 السُّفْرَةَ‎
as-sufrata		 سُفْرَةَ
sufrata
Genitive سُفْرَةٍ
sufratin		 السُّفْرَةِ‎
as-sufrati		 سُفْرَةِ
sufrati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سُفْرَتَيْن‎
sufratayn		 السُّفْرَتَيْن‎
as-sufratayn		 سُفْرَتَيْ‎
sufratay
Nominative سُفْرَتَانِ‎
sufratāni		 السُّفْرَتَانِ‎
as-sufratāni		 سُفْرَتَا‎
sufratā
Accusative سُفْرَتَيْنِ‎
sufratayni		 السُّفْرَتَيْنِ‎
as-sufratayni		 سُفْرَتَيْ‎
sufratay
Genitive سُفْرَتَيْنِ‎
sufratayni		 السُّفْرَتَيْنِ‎
as-sufratayni		 سُفْرَتَيْ‎
sufratay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سُفَر‎
sufar		 السُّفَر‎
as-sufar		 سُفَر‎
sufar
Nominative سُفَرٌ‎
sufarun		 السُّفَرُ‎
as-sufaru		 سُفَرُ‎
sufaru
Accusative سُفَرًا‎
sufaran		 السُّفَرَ‎
as-sufara		 سُفَرَ‎
sufara
Genitive سُفَرٍ‎
sufarin		 السُّفَرِ‎
as-sufari		 سُفَرِ‎
sufari

Descendants
  • Indonesian: seperah
  • → Persian: سفره‎ (sofre)
    • → Azerbaijani: süfrə
    • → Central Kurdish: سفره‌‎‎ (sifra)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: سفرة‎ (sofra)

References
  • Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred, editors (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden: Brill, pages 101–102
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 83
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), “سفرة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1371
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “سفرة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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