قرفة

See also: فرقة

Arabic

Etymology

Referenced as κάρφεα (kárphea, “cinnamon”) in Herodotus's Histories in connection to Arabia by 440 BC, as well as being attested as a name in Pre-Islamic Arabia; containers with cinnamon residue have been found in the Levant dating to 3,000 years ago. Related to قِلْف (qilf, “bark, rind”), قِلَافَة (qilāfa, “bark, outer covering”), and Classical Syriac ܩܠܦܬܐ (qlāp̄tā, “bark, peel”); perhaps ultimately an early Semitic borrowing from a Dravidian language such as the precursor of the Tamil கருவா (karuvā, “cinnamon or clove tree”).

Noun

قِرْفَة • (qirfa) f

1. cinnamon

   Synonym: دَارْصِينِيّ (dārṣīniyy)

Declension

Declension of noun قِرْفَة (qirfa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرْفَة qirfa	الْقِرْفَة al-qirfa	قِرْفَة qirfat
Nominative	قِرْفَةٌ qirfatun	الْقِرْفَةُ al-qirfatu	قِرْفَةُ qirfatu
Accusative	قِرْفَةً qirfatan	الْقِرْفَةَ al-qirfata	قِرْفَةَ qirfata
Genitive	قِرْفَةٍ qirfatin	الْقِرْفَةِ al-qirfati	قِرْفَةِ qirfati

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “قرف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2987
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قلف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 921

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قِرْفَة (qirfa).

Noun

قرفة • (ʔirfa) f

1. cinnamon

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قِرْفَة (qirfa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡir.fa/, [ɡɪr.fa]

Noun

قرفة • (girfa) f

1. cinnamon

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قِرْفَة (qirfa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qar.fa/

Noun

قرفة • (qarfa) f (usually uncountable)

1. cinnamon

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قِرْفَة (qirfa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔir.fe/
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡir.fe/

Noun

قرفة • (ʔirfe) f

1. cinnamon