Arabic for book, volume

muSHaf
ﻣُﺼﺤَﻒ
book, volume – masculine singular

ﻣُﺼﺤَﻒ is an Arabic word. The meaning is book, volume. You pronounce it muSHaf.

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Part of speech: noun. Pattern: passive participle

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Important letters:
The root of the word book, volume consists of three Arabic letters: Sad that is written and pronounced S, Ha that is written and pronounced H and fa that is written and pronounced f. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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All letters in book, volume

ﻣُﺼﺤَﻒ
ﻣـ
ـﺼـ
ـﺤـ
ـﻒ
 
ﻣـ
ـﺼـ
ـﺤـ
ـﻒ
 
ﻣـ
ـﻤـ
ـﻢ
ﺻـ
ـﺼـ
ـﺺ
ﺣـ
ـﺤـ
ـﺢ
ﻓـ
ـﻔـ
ـﻒ
 
mim
m
Sad
S
Ha
H
fa
f
 
 
The Arabic word for book, volume consists of: The letter mim that is written ﻡ ( here ﻣـ ) and pronounced m. The short vowel u that is written as the sign ُ above the letter. The letter Sad that is written ﺹ ( here ـﺼـ ) and pronounced S and is a part of the root of the word. The letter Ha that is written ﺡ ( here ـﺤـ ) and pronounced H 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 ـﻒ ) and pronounced f and is a part of the root of the word. Therefore, the word is writen ﻣُﺼﺤَﻒ and pronounced muSHaf.
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 book, volume

muf3al becomes muSHaf

We have seen that the Arabic word for book, volume is written ﻣُﺼﺤَﻒ and pronounced muSHaf. It follows the pattern passive participle form 4. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure muf3al where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is muf3al and the root letters are S, H and f, the word becomes muSHaf.
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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