خليفاني

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

A diminutive of an earlier خَلْفَانِي (ḵalfāni, “backwards”), from a descendant of Arabic خَلْف (ḵalf, “backside”) +‎ ـَانِي (-āni), a suffix that creates such adjectives.

Pronunciation

  • (regional, Lebanon) IPA(key): /χlaj.ˈfeː.ne/, /-ni/
  • (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) IPA(key): /χlaj.ˈfaː.ni/, /χleː.ˈfaː.ni/

Adverb

خْلَيْفَانِي • (ḵlayfāni)

  1. backwards
    Near-synonym: بِالشَّقْلُوب (biš-šaʔlūb)
    مَاشِي خْلَيْفَانِي ― māši ḵlayfāni ― he's walking backwards
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