لاف

See also: لاق

Ottoman Turkish

لاف • (lâf)

word
Synonym: سوز (söz)
conversation, chat
Synonym: لقردی (lakırdı)

لاف ایتمك ― lâf etmek ― to talk, converse
babble, chatter, chit-chat
لاف آتمق ― lâf atmak ― to chatter, babble
boastfulness, bragging
لاف اورمق ― lâf urmak ― to boast

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لاف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1072a
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لاف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1619b

From Proto-Iranian [Term?], cognate with Pashto لودل (laudal, “to say, tell”), and Sanskrit लपति (lapati, “chatter”).

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lɑːf]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lɑːf]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lɔːf]

لاف • (lâf)

Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 212
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “لاف”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

لاف • (lâf)