صفر
Root: صفر
8 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
صفر ṣafara i (صفير ṣafīr) to whistle (bird, person); to hiss (snake); to chirp, stridulate (cricket); to seream (siren) II = I
Entry 2
صفر II to dye yellow, make yellow, to yellow (هـ s.th.) IX to turn yellow, to yellow; to pale, become pale │ اصفر وجهه (wajhuhū) he grew pale, he turned white
Entry 3
صفر ṣufr brass; money
Entry 4
صفر ṣafar jaundice
Entry 5
صفر ṣafira a (ṣafar, صفور ṣufūr) to be empty, be devoid, vacant (من of) │ صفرت يده من الشيء (ṣafirat yaduhū) to have lost s.th. II to empty, void, vacate, evacuate, free (هـ s.th.) IV = II
Entry 6
صفر ṣafr, ṣifr, ṣufr, ṣafir, ṣufur pl. اصفار aṣfār empty, void, devoid, (من of), free (من from) │ صفر اليدين ṣifr al-yadain empty-handed
Entry 7
صفر ṣifr zero, naught; nothing
Entry 8
صفر ṣafar pl. اصفار aṣfār Safar, name of the second month of the Mohammedan year
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