خوف

See also: جوف‎ and خ و ف‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root خ و ف‎ (ḵ-w-f).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xawf/
  • (file)

Noun

خَوْف • (ḵawf) m

  1. verbal noun of خَافَ‎ (ḵāfa) (form I)
  2. fear
Declension
Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: خوف‎ (ḵōf)
  • → Azerbaijani: xof
  • → Kazakh: қауіп (qauıp)
  • → Kyrgyz: кооп (koop)
  • → Persian: خوف‎ (xowf)
  • → Swahili: hofu

Verb

خَوَّفَ • (ḵawwafa) II, non-past يُخَوِّفُ‎‎ (yuḵawwifu)

  1. to frighten
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:175:
      ‏إِنَّمَا ذَٰلِكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ يُخَوِّفُ أَوْلِيَاءَهُ فَلَا تَخَافُوهُمْ وَخَافُونِ إِن كُنْتُم مُؤْمِنِينَ‎
      ʔinnamā ḏālikumu š-šayṭānu yuḵawwifu ʔawliyāʔahu falā taḵāfūhum waḵāfūni ʔin kuntum muʔminīna
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    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:60:
      ‏وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا طُغْيَانًا كَبِيرًا‎
      wanuḵawwifuhum famā yazīduhum ʔillā ṭuḡyānan kabīran
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
Conjugation

Adjective

خُوَّف • (ḵuwwaf) m pl

  1. masculine plural of خَائِف‎ (ḵāʔif)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic خَوْف‎ (ḵawf).

Pronunciation

  • (Dari): IPA(key): /xawf/

Noun

Dari خوف
Iranian Persian
Tajik хавф (xavf)

خوف • (xowf) (plural خوف‌ها‎ (xowf-hâ))

  1. fear
    Synonyms: بیم‎ (bim), تَرس‎ (tars), سَهم‎ (sahm)

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ و ف‎

Etymology

From Arabic خَوَّفَ‎ (ḵawwafa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaw.waf/, [ˈxaw.waf]
  • (file)

Verb

خوّف • (ḵawwaf) (form II, present بخوّف‎ (biḵawwef))

  1. to frighten

Conjugation

    Conjugation of خوّف (ḵawwaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m خوّفت (ḵawwaft) خوّفت (ḵawwaft) خوّف (ḵawwaf) خوّفنا (ḵawwafna) خوّفتو (ḵawwaftu) خوّفو (ḵawwafu)
f خوّفتي (ḵawwafti) خوّفت (ḵawwafat)
present m بخوّف (baḵawwef) بتخوّف (bitḵawwef) بخوّف (biḵawwef) منخوّف (minḵawwef) بتخوّفو (bitḵawwfu) بخوّفو (biḵawwfu)
f بتخوّفي (bitḵawwfi) بتخوّف (bitḵawwef)
subjunctive m اخوّف (aḵawwef) تخوّف (tḵawwef) يخوّف (yḵawwef) نخوّف (nḵawwef) تخوّفو (tḵawwfu) يخوّفو (yḵawwfu)
f تخوّفي (tḵawwfi) تخوّف (tḵawwef)
imperative m خوّف (ḵawwef) خوّفو (ḵawwfu)
f خوّفي (ḵawwfi)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خَوف‎ (xawf), from Arabic خَوْف‎ (ḵawf).

Pronunciation

Noun

خَوف • (xauf) m (Hindi spelling ख़ौफ़)

  1. fear
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