alif
[ ah-lif ]
noun
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
the glottal stop consonant represented by this letter.
Origin of alif
1From Arabic; see origin at aleph
Words Nearby alif
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How to use alif in a sentence
The Irish title of the letter a or haw is alif, as also is the Arabian: the Greek alpha is either alpa or alfa.
Archaic England | Harold BayleyThe wheel turns ever, and no pleasure of ours but is built on the shifting sand of some one's pain, even as alif told me.
Margarita's Soul | Ingraham LovellThe inner, Aditya-alif, however, was an eight-hundred-mile sphere; it had once been the planetary ship-station and shipyard-base.
A Slave is a Slave | Henry Beam PiperOrders to take over Aditya-alif and begin construction of a permanent naval base.
A Slave is a Slave | Henry Beam Piper
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