خفاش

Arabic

Etymology

From خَفِشَ‎ (ḵafiša, “to be day-blind, to have poor eyesight”).

Noun

خُفَّاش • (ḵuffāš) m (plural خَفَافِيش‎ (ḵafāfīš))

bat (winged animal)

Declension

Declension of noun خُفَّاش (ḵuffāš)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُفَّاش ḵuffāš	الْخُفَّاش‎ al-ḵuffāš	خُفَّاش ḵuffāš
Nominative	خُفَّاشٌ ḵuffāšun	الْخُفَّاشُ‎ al-ḵuffāšu	خُفَّاشُ ḵuffāšu
Accusative	خُفَّاشًا‎ ḵuffāšan	الْخُفَّاشَ‎ al-ḵuffāša	خُفَّاشَ ḵuffāša
Genitive	خُفَّاشٍ ḵuffāšin	الْخُفَّاشِ‎ al-ḵuffāši	خُفَّاشِ ḵuffāši
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُفَّاشَيْن‎ ḵuffāšayn	الْخُفَّاشَيْن‎ al-ḵuffāšayn	خُفَّاشَيْ‎ ḵuffāšay
Nominative	خُفَّاشَانِ‎ ḵuffāšāni	الْخُفَّاشَانِ‎ al-ḵuffāšāni	خُفَّاشَا‎ ḵuffāšā
Accusative	خُفَّاشَيْنِ‎ ḵuffāšayni	الْخُفَّاشَيْنِ‎ al-ḵuffāšayni	خُفَّاشَيْ‎ ḵuffāšay
Genitive	خُفَّاشَيْنِ‎ ḵuffāšayni	الْخُفَّاشَيْنِ‎ al-ḵuffāšayni	خُفَّاشَيْ‎ ḵuffāšay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَفَافِيش‎ ḵafāfīš	الْخَفَافِيش‎ al-ḵafāfīš	خَفَافِيش‎ ḵafāfīš
Nominative	خَفَافِيشُ‎ ḵafāfīšu	الْخَفَافِيشُ‎ al-ḵafāfīšu	خَفَافِيشُ‎ ḵafāfīšu
Accusative	خَفَافِيشَ‎ ḵafāfīša	الْخَفَافِيشَ‎ al-ḵafāfīša	خَفَافِيشَ‎ ḵafāfīša
Genitive	خَفَافِيشَ‎ ḵafāfīša	الْخَفَافِيشِ‎ al-ḵafāfīši	خَفَافِيشِ‎ ḵafāfīši

Synonyms

خنفوش‎
خفدود‎
وطواط‎

Descendants

Hijazi Arabic: خُفَّاش‎ (ḵuffāš)
→ Persian: خفاش‎ (xoffâš)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خُفَّاش‎ (ḵuffāš).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xuˈfːaːʃ/

Noun

خفاش • (ḵuffāš) m (plural خفافيش‎ (ḵafāfīš))

bat (winged animal)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خُفَّاش‎ (ḵuffāš).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xuf.faːʃ/

Noun

خفاش • (ḵuffāš) m (plural خفافش‎ (ḵfāfiš))

bat (winged animal)
Synonyms: طير الليل‎ (ṭīr el-līl, ṭayr el-layl), سحت الليل‎ (saḥt el-līl, saḥt el-layl)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic خُفَّاش‎ (ḵuffāš).

Noun

خفاش • (huffaş) (plural خفافيش‎)

bat (mammal)
Synonym: یراسه‎ (yarasa)

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “خفاش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 546
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “خفاش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 856

Persian

یک خفاش
A bat

Etymology

From Arabic خُفَّاش‎ (ḵuffāš).

Pronunciation

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [xofːˈɒːʃ]

Noun

خفاش • (xoffâš) (plural خفاشان‎ (xoffâšân) or خفاش‌ها‎ (xoffâš-hâ))

bat (small, winged animal)

Synonyms

شب‌کور‎ (šab-kur), شَب‌پَره‎ (šab-pare)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خُفَّاش‎ (ḵuffāš).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xaf.faːʃ/, [xafˈfæːʃ]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)

Noun

خفّاش • (ḵaffāš) m (plural خفافيش‎ (ḵafāfīš))

bat (winged animal)

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