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Where does “alif” come from?

alif (Italian) comes from Arabic أَلِف — alif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.

alif (Italian): The name of the Arabic-script letter ا

Definitions

  1. The name of the Arabic-script letter ا

Ancestry of “alif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَلِفalif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet
Every word from Arabic أَلِف →