हलफ़

Hindi

Alternative forms
  • हलफ (halaph)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلْف (ḥalf, “swearing”). Compare Punjabi ਹਲਫ਼ (halaf).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɦə.ləf/, [ɦɐ.lɐf], /ɦə.ləpʰ/, [ɦɐ.lɐpʰ]

Noun

हलफ़ • (halaf) m (Urdu spelling حلف)

  1. swearing
  2. an oath

Declension
Declension of हलफ़ (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct हलफ़
halaf		 हलफ़
halaf
oblique हलफ़
halaf		 हलफ़ों
halafõ
vocative हलफ़
halaf		 हलफ़ो
halafo

References
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “حلف”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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