طفل

Arabic
Root
ط ف ل (ṭ-f-l)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tˤifl/

Noun

طِفْل • (ṭifl) m (plural أَطْفَال (ʔaṭfāl))

  1. child (a minor)
  2. (collective) children (a minor)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:05:
      وَنُقِرُّ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ مَا نَشَاءُ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى ثُمَّ نُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًا ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوا أَشُدَّكُمْ
      wanuqirru fī l-ʔarḥāmi mā našāʔu ʔilā ʔajalin musamman ṯumma nuḵrijukum ṭiflan ṯumma litabluḡū ʔašuddakum
      ˹Then˺ We settle whatever ˹embryo˺ We will in the womb for an appointed term, then bring you forth as infants, so that ye may reach your prime. Some of you ˹may˺ die ˹young˺, while others are left to reach the most feeble stage of life so that they may know nothing after having known much.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:31:
      أَوِ الطِّفْلِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَى عَوْرَاتِ النِّسَاءِ
      ʔawi ṭ-ṭifli allaḏīna lam yaẓharū ʕalā ʕawrāti n-nisāʔi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension
Declension of noun طِفْل (ṭifl)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal طِفْل
ṭifl		 الطِّفْل
aṭ-ṭifl		 طِفْل
ṭifl
Nominative طِفْلٌ
ṭiflun		 الطِّفْلُ
aṭ-ṭiflu		 طِفْلُ
ṭiflu
Accusative طِفْلًا
ṭiflan		 الطِّفْلَ
aṭ-ṭifla		 طِفْلَ
ṭifla
Genitive طِفْلٍ
ṭiflin		 الطِّفْلِ
aṭ-ṭifli		 طِفْلِ
ṭifli
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal طِفْلَيْن
ṭiflayn		 الطِّفْلَيْن
aṭ-ṭiflayn		 طِفْلَيْ
ṭiflay
Nominative طِفْلَانِ
ṭiflāni		 الطِّفْلَانِ
aṭ-ṭiflāni		 طِفْلَا
ṭiflā
Accusative طِفْلَيْنِ
ṭiflayni		 الطِّفْلَيْنِ
aṭ-ṭiflayni		 طِفْلَيْ
ṭiflay
Genitive طِفْلَيْنِ
ṭiflayni		 الطِّفْلَيْنِ
aṭ-ṭiflayni		 طِفْلَيْ
ṭiflay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَطْفَال
ʔaṭfāl		 الْأَطْفَال
al-ʔaṭfāl		 أَطْفَال
ʔaṭfāl
Nominative أَطْفَالٌ
ʔaṭfālun		 الْأَطْفَالُ
al-ʔaṭfālu		 أَطْفَالُ
ʔaṭfālu
Accusative أَطْفَالًا
ʔaṭfālan		 الْأَطْفَالَ
al-ʔaṭfāla		 أَطْفَالَ
ʔaṭfāla
Genitive أَطْفَالٍ
ʔaṭfālin		 الْأَطْفَالِ
al-ʔaṭfāli		 أَطْفَالِ
ʔaṭfāli

Descendants
  • Maltese: tifel
  • → Persian: طفل (tefl)
  • → Turkish: tıfıl
  • → Urdu: طفل (tifl)

References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “طفل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic طِفْل (ṭifl).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtˤɪfl]

Noun

طفل • (ṭifl) f (plural اطفال (aṭfāl))

  1. child

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طِفْل (ṭifl).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɪfl]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɪfl]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰifl̥]

Readings
Classical reading? tifl
Dari reading? tifl
Iranian reading? tefl
Tajik reading? tifl

Noun
Dari طفل
Iranian Persian
Tajik тифл

طفل • (tefl)

  1. infant

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic طِفْل (ṭifl).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tˤifl/, [ˈtˤɪ.f(ɪ)l]
  • Audio (Ramallah)(file)

Noun

طفل • (ṭifl) m (plural أطفال (ʔaṭfāl), feminine طفلة (ṭifle))

  1. (formal) young child, toddler, baby

See also

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian طفل (tifl), from Arabic طِفْل (ṭifl).

Pronunciation

Noun

طِفْل • (tifl) m (formal plural اطفال, Hindi spelling तिफ़्ल)

  1. boy, child

Further reading
  • “طفل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “طفل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “طفل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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