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
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    • 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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