safi

See also: Safi

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sáː.fíː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sáː.ɸíː]

Noun

sāfī m (plural sāfā̀yē, possessed form sāfin)

  1. thimble

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaːvɪ/
    Rhymes: -aːvɪ

Noun

safi m (genitive singular safa, nominative plural safar)

  1. juice

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Maltese

Root
s-f-j
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic صَافِي (ṣāfī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaː.fɪ/

Adjective

safi (feminine singular safja, plural safjin, comparative isfa)

  1. pure
    Synonym: pur

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to older Proto-West Germanic *sap. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

safi m

  1. sap (of trees)

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: safi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: save m > sevje f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: save m > sevje m or f

References

  • safi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic صَافِي (ṣāfī).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

safi (invariable) or -safi (declinable)

  1. clean (not dirty)
  2. pure

Declension

Derived terms

  • Verbal derivations:
  • Nominal derivations:
    • usafi (cleanliness, purity)

Interjection

safi

  1. (colloquial) I'm fine (response to "how are you?")

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صافی (ṣāfi, clear, limpid, free from turbidity, pure, free from admixture, alloy or adulteration, mere, uncontaminated, (of heart) sincere)[1][2], from Arabic صَافِي (ṣāfī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saːˈfiː/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧fi

Adjective

safi

  1. pure, unadulterated, limpid
    Synonyms: saf, halis, katıksız, duru, temiz
  2. net, after deductions

Declension

Adverb

safi

  1. exclusively, solely, only

Derived terms

  • gayrisafi
  • safiyane
  • safiyet

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), صافی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1159
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911), صافی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 749

Further reading

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