Arabic for blowing

nafkh
ﻧَﻔﺦ
blowing – masculine singular

The Arabic word for blowing is pronounced nafkh and written ﻧَﻔﺦ.

Part of speech: noun. Pattern: verbal noun

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Important letters:
The root of the word blowing consists of three Arabic letters: nun that is written and pronounced n, fa that is written and pronounced f and kha that is written and pronounced kh. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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The letters of blowing

ﻧَﻔﺦ
ﻧـ
ـﻔـ
ـﺦ
 
ﻧـ
ـﻔـ
ـﺦ
 
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
ﻓـ
ـﻔـ
ـﻒ
ﺧـ
ـﺨـ
ـﺦ
 
nun
n
fa
f
kha
kh
 
 
The Arabic word for blowing consists of: The letter nun that is written ﻥ ( here ﻧـ ) and pronounced n and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter fa that is written ﻑ ( here ـﻔـ ) and pronounced f and is a part of the root of the word. The letter kha that is written ﺥ ( here ـﺦ ) and pronounced kh and is a part of the root of the word. Therefore, the word is writen ﻧَﻔﺦ and pronounced nafkh.
Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for blowing

fa3l becomes nafkh

We have seen that the Arabic word for blowing is written ﻧَﻔﺦ and pronounced nafkh. It follows the pattern verbal noun form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3l where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3l and the root letters are n, f and kh, the word becomes nafkh.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns

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