# تلف
## Arabic
### Etymology 1.1

* Root
* ت ل ف (t l f)
* 3 terms

#### Verb

تَلِفَ • (talifa) I (non-past يَتْلَفُ (yatlafu), verbal noun تَلَف (talaf))
* to perish, to become marred, to be spoiled, to suffer annihilation
** c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802$^{IA}$, Cap. 33, Art. 10, page 677 line 6:وقد تخرج للدابة من حنكها ويسمي التحنيك وصفة العمل في ذلك إذا أحنكت الدابة فأفتح لها من الدرجة الثالثة والرابعة ولا تفتح لها قرب الباب لأن الدم ربما عسر إمساكه فتلف الدابة.One may extract the blood from the jaw of a beast and it is called taḥnīk and the operation consists in that you have bound the beast with a chinstrap and now cut it open to the third or fourth degree but don’t open it close the throat as it may be difficult to contain the blood and the beast will succumb.

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.2
#### Verb

تَلَّفَ • (tallafa) II (non-past يُتَلِّفُ (yutallifu), verbal noun تَتْلِيف (tatlīf))
* to make perish, to spoil, to ruin, to destroy

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.3
#### Noun

تَلَف • (talaf) m
* destruction

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: tələf
* → Northern Kurdish: telef
* → Ottoman Turkish: تلف
** Turkish: telef
* → Persian: تلف
* → Uzbek: talaf

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

تلف (form IV)
* تُلْفِ (tulfi) /tul.fi/: inflection of أَلْفَى (ʔalfā):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
* تُلْفَ (tulfa) /tul.fa/: inflection of أَلْفَى (ʔalfā):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “تلف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Moroccan Arabic

* Root
* ت ل ف
* 1 term

### Etymology 1

From Arabic تَلَفَ (talafa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tlaf/

#### Verb

تلف • (tlaf) I (non-past يتلف (yitlaf))
* to get lost
    تلفت فالمدينة القديمة ― tlaft f-le-mdīna le-qdīma ― I got lost in the old part of the city.

##### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

### Etymology 2

From Arabic تَلَّفَ (tallafa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tal.laf/

#### Verb

تلف • (tallaf) II (non-past يتلف (ytallaf))
* to cause to get lost, to make someone get lost
* to cause to lose focus
    تلفتيني من كترة الهدرةtallaftīni men katrat el-hadraI lost focus because of your excessive talking.

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of تلف :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | تلّفت (tallaft) | تلّفتي (tallafti) | تلّف (tallaf) | تلّفنا (tallafna) | تلّفتوا (tallaftu) | تلّفوا (tallfu) |
| past | f | تلّفت (tallaft) | تلّفتي (tallafti) | تلّفت (tallfāt) | تلّفنا (tallafna) | تلّفتوا (tallaftu) | تلّفوا (tallfu) |
| non-past | m | نتلّف (ntallaf) | تتلّف (ttallaf) | يتلّف (ytallaf) | نتلّفوا (ntallfu) | تتلّفوا (ttallfu) | يتلّفوا (ytallfu) |
| non-past | f | نتلّف (ntallaf) | تتلّفي (ttallfi) | تتلّف (ttallaf) | نتلّفوا (ntallfu) | تتلّفوا (ttallfu) | يتلّفوا (ytallfu) |
| imperative | m | | تلّف (tallaf) | | | تلّفوا (tallfu) | |
| imperative | f | | تلّفي (tallfi) | | | تلّفوا (tallfu) | |

### Etymology 3

From Arabic تَلَف (talaf).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /talf/

#### Noun

تلف • (talf) m
* act of losing

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَلَف (talaf).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ta.ˈlaf]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰä.lǽf]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰä.lǽf]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [t̪ʰä.lǽf]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [t̪ʰä.lǽf]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰæ.lǽf]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰä.lǽf]

### Noun

| Dari | تلف |
| Iranian Persian | تلف |
| Tajik | талаф |
تلف • (talaf) (plural تلفات (talafât))
* destruction, perishing, waste, death

#### Derived terms

* تلف شدن (talaf šodan, “to be destroyed, to be wasted”)
* تلف کردن (talaf kardan, “to destroy, to waste”)