نافلة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن ف ل (n-f-l).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naː.fi.la/

Noun

نَافِلَة (nāfila) f (plural نَوَافِل (nawāfil))

  1. (archaic) booty, loot
  2. (archaic) gift, giveaway
  3. supererogation; expendable; redundancy; luxury item

Declension

References

  • نافلة” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1837), نافلة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 317
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), نافلة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1301
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