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 (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), 2006–2024
• 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	or 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	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 aš
	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	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

• зарф on the Tajik Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tg
• “зарф”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2024