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English language authors use three methods when referring to specific laṭā’if: a transliteration of the Arabic word associated with the laṭīfa; a translation of the word's general Arabic meaning; an interpretation of the experience that is the word's specific Sufi meaning. Laleh Bahktiar [5] uses both a transliteration and a translation:
Latif can also be a masculine given name, as short form of Abdul Latif, meaning "servant of the Gentle". Its feminine form is Latifa . "Al-Latif" also means "The Subtle".
Depending on context, the lataif are also understood to be the corresponding qualities of that experience or action. [ 6 ] The underlying Arabic word latifa (singular) means "subtlety" and the phrase Lataif-e-sitta means "six subtleties" (although the number of lataif can differ depending on the specific Sufi tradition).
This is a list of words that occur in both the English language and the Spanish language, but which have different meanings and/or pronunciations in each language. Such words are called interlingual homographs. [1] [2] Homographs are two or more words that have the same written form.
Latifa (singer), or Latifa Arfaoui, Tunisian pop music singer Princess Fawzia-Latifa of Egypt, Egyptian princess; Latifa Baka, Moroccan author; Latifa Elouadrhiri, Moroccan physicist
The Diccionario de la lengua española [a] (DLE; [b] English: Dictionary of the Spanish language) is the authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language. [1] It is produced, edited, and published by the Royal Spanish Academy, with the participation of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language.
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...
Spanish manzana de Adán calques English Adam's apple (nuez de Adán, meaning "Adam's nut", in standard Spanish), which in turn is a calque of French pomme d'Adam See also: Spanglish Also technological terms calqued from English are used throughout the Spanish-speaking world: