ਹਰਫ਼

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حَرْف (harf), from Arabic حَرْف (ḥarf).

Pronunciation

• (formal) IPA^(key): /ˈɦəɾ.fə̆/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɦə.ɾə.fə̆/
• (rustic) IPA^(key): /ˈɦə.ɾə.pʰə̆/

Noun

ਹਰਫ਼ • (haraf) m (Shahmukhi spelling حرف)

1. letter (of the alphabet), character

   Synonym: ਅੱਖਰ (akkhar)

References

Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “حرف”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz