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طهف

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to elevated or upper parts, and also to specific types of food or sustenance. It describes things that are high, such as clouds or the top of a plant, and a type of baked grain food.

Derived headwords

الطَّهْفnoun
  1. 1.
    Grain foodmodern

    A type of food that is baked from corn or millet.

الطَّهْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Upper part of a plantclassical

    The upper parts or shoots of the Salix aegyptiaca plant (Egyptian willow).

الطَّهَافnoun
  1. 1.
    High cloudsclassical

    Clouds that are elevated or high in the sky.

الطُّهَافَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Topknotclassical

    The topknot or highest part of the hair, a lock of hair worn on top of the head.

Parallel reading

الطهف: طعام يختبز من الذرة.
Al-ṭahf: food baked from corn.
والطهفة: أعالي الصليان.
And al-ṭahfah: the upper parts of the Salix aegyptiaca.
والطهاف: السحاب المرتفع.
And al-ṭahāf: the elevated clouds.
والطهافة بالضم: الذؤابة.
And al-ṭuhāfah (with dammah): the topknot.