تفاح

Arabic

تُفَّاح

Etymology

According to Fraenkel, a borrowing from Aramaic, but the putative etymon is not unambiguously attested in Aramaic. More prominent in Hebrew תַּפּוּחַ (tappū́aḥ), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎔𐎈 (tpḥ), Punic *𐤕𐤐𐤇 (*tpḥ /⁠tappūḥ⁠/) and Semitic-borrowed Late Egyptian ḏpḥ up to Coptic ϫⲙⲡⲉϩ (čmpeh) etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuf.faːħ/

Noun

تُفَّاح • (tuffāḥ) m (collective, singulative تُفَّاحَة f (tuffāḥa))

1. (uncountable) apple, apples

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Declension

Declension of noun تُفَّاح (tuffāḥ)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُفَّاح tuffāḥ	التُّفَّاح at-tuffāḥ	تُفَّاح tuffāḥ
Nominative	تُفَّاحٌ tuffāḥun	التُّفَّاحُ at-tuffāḥu	تُفَّاحُ tuffāḥu
Accusative	تُفَّاحًا tuffāḥan	التُّفَّاحَ at-tuffāḥa	تُفَّاحَ tuffāḥa
Genitive	تُفَّاحٍ tuffāḥin	التُّفَّاحِ at-tuffāḥi	تُفَّاحِ tuffāḥi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُفَّاحَة tuffāḥa	التُّفَّاحَة at-tuffāḥa	تُفَّاحَة tuffāḥat
Nominative	تُفَّاحَةٌ tuffāḥatun	التُّفَّاحَةُ at-tuffāḥatu	تُفَّاحَةُ tuffāḥatu
Accusative	تُفَّاحَةً tuffāḥatan	التُّفَّاحَةَ at-tuffāḥata	تُفَّاحَةَ tuffāḥata
Genitive	تُفَّاحَةٍ tuffāḥatin	التُّفَّاحَةِ at-tuffāḥati	تُفَّاحَةِ tuffāḥati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُفَّاحَتَيْن tuffāḥatayn	التُّفَّاحَتَيْن at-tuffāḥatayn	تُفَّاحَتَيْ tuffāḥatay
Nominative	تُفَّاحَتَانِ tuffāḥatāni	التُّفَّاحَتَانِ at-tuffāḥatāni	تُفَّاحَتَا tuffāḥatā
Accusative	تُفَّاحَتَيْنِ tuffāḥatayni	التُّفَّاحَتَيْنِ at-tuffāḥatayni	تُفَّاحَتَيْ tuffāḥatay
Genitive	تُفَّاحَتَيْنِ tuffāḥatayni	التُّفَّاحَتَيْنِ at-tuffāḥatayni	تُفَّاحَتَيْ tuffāḥatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُفَّاحَات tuffāḥāt	التُّفَّاحَات at-tuffāḥāt	تُفَّاحَات tuffāḥāt
Nominative	تُفَّاحَاتٌ tuffāḥātun	التُّفَّاحَاتُ at-tuffāḥātu	تُفَّاحَاتُ tuffāḥātu
Accusative	تُفَّاحَاتٍ tuffāḥātin	التُّفَّاحَاتِ at-tuffāḥāti	تُفَّاحَاتِ tuffāḥāti
Genitive	تُفَّاحَاتٍ tuffāḥātin	التُّفَّاحَاتِ at-tuffāḥāti	تُفَّاحَاتِ tuffāḥāti

Descendants

• Maltese: tuffieħ
• → Afar: tuffáac
• → Amharic: ቱፋሕ (tufaḥ), ቱፋ (tufa)
• → Ge'ez: ትፋሕ (təffaḥ), ትፉሕ (təffuḥ), ተፋሕ (täffaḥ), ተፉሕ (täffuḥ), ቱፋሕ (tuffaḥ)
• → Harari: ቱፋሕ (tuffaḥ)
• → Malay: tufah, topoh (in Kelantan)
• → Somali: tufaax
• → Swahili: tufaha, tufaa, tofaa
• → Tigre: ቶፋሕ (tofaḥ)
• → Tigrinya: ቱፋሕ (tufaḥ)

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 140
• Jacob, Georg (1892) Studien in arabischen Geographen‎^[1] (in German), volume 4, Berlin: Meyer & Müller, page 155
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “تفاح”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 308
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 571
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[3] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 212–235
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[4] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 155–156

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تُفّاح (tuffāḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuf.faːħ/
• IPA^(key): /tɪf.faːħ/

• Audio:

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Noun

تُفَّاح or تِفَّاح • (tuffāḥ or teffāḥ) m (collective, singulative تُفَّاحَة f (tuffāḥa) or تِفَّاحَة f (teffāḥa), plural تُفَّاحَات (tuffāḥāt) or تِفَّاحَات (teffāḥāt))

1. (uncountable) apple, apples

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تُفّاح (tuffāḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuf.faːħ/, [tufˈfæːħ]

• Audio (Bethlehem):

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Noun

تفاح • (tuffāḥ) m (collective, singulative تفاحة f (tuffāḥa), plural تفاحات (tuffāḥāt))

1. (uncountable) apples

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic تُفَّاح (tuffāḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ʊf.fɑːɦ/

Noun

تُفّاح • (tuffāh) m (Hindi spelling तुफ़्फ़ाह)

1. apple

   Synonym: سیب (seb)

References

• “تفاح”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “تفاح”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.