Where does “arif” come from?
arif (Crimean Tatar) comes from Persian حرف, from Arabic حَرْف — grammatical particle; letter of alphabet.
arif (Crimean Tatar): letter , character
Ancestry of “arif”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | حرف | speech; talk; letter |
| 2 | Arabic | حَرْف | grammatical particle; letter of alphabet |