طرفاني

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From طَرَف (ṭaraf, “edge, periphery”) +‎ ـَانِي (-āni), a suffix that forms adjectives denoting position. The pronunciation with /tˤi-/ is from the regular shift in many dialects of a to i in pretonic position, especially before a syllable with ا (ā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤar.ˈfaː.ni/ [tˤɑ-]
  • IPA(key): /tˤir.ˈfaː.ni/ [tˤe-, tˤə-]
  • (regional, Lebanon) IPA(key): /tˤar.ˈfeː.ni, tˤir-, -ne/

Adjective

طَرْفَانِي or طِرْفَانِي • (ṭarfāni or ṭirfāni)

  1. peripheral
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Qornet Chahouâne from Fleisch 1974 to this entry?)
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