halfa
English
Etymology 1
Noun
halfa (uncountable)
- Synonym of esparto (“North African grass”).
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Contraction
halfa
Turkish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حلفا (halfa, “esparto”), from Arabic حَلْفَاء (ḥalfāʔ, “esparto”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haɫˈfa/
- Hyphenation: hal‧fa
Noun
halfa (definite accusative halfayı, plural halfalar)
- esparto, a perennial grass of the species Stipa tenacissima, found in North Africa
Declension
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Further reading
- “halfa”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Alkayış, Fatih (2019), “halfa”, in Türkiye Türkçesinde bitki adları [Plant Names in Turkish of Turkey] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Hiperlink Yayınları, page 269
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “halfa”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “halfa”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1849
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- en:Grasses
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
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- Turkish terms derived from the Arabic root ح ل ف
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
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- Turkish nouns
- tr:Poeae tribe grasses