How to say "letter (of the alphabet)" in Arabic
New wordMeaningletter (of the alphabet)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حَرْف
ḥarfחרף
حرف
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אות
otأُوت
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
ح-ر-فSpelled in Hebrew letters, ḥarf looks exactly like חרף ('winter', or 'to taunt') — pure coincidence; the Hebrew word for a letter is אות. Arabic ḥarf also means 'edge', and in grammar 'particle'.
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In a phrase
الْحَرْف الْأَوَّل
al-ḥarf al-awwalאל-חרף אל-אולthe first letter
Plural
حُرُوف
ḥurūfחרוףbroken plural fuʿūl; ḥurūf al-hijāʾ = the letters of the alphabet.