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Etymology

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From Malay huruf, from Arabic حُرُوف (ḥurūf) plural of حَرْف (ḥarf).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhurʊf/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -rʊf, -ʊf, -f
  • Hyphenation: hu‧ruf

Noun

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huruf (plural huruf-huruf, first-person possessive hurufku, second-person possessive hurufmu, third-person possessive hurufnya)

  1. letter (letter of the alphabet)
    Synonym: aksara
  2. (law, of legislation) point
    Coordinate term: angka
  3. (linguistics, typography) graph: A graphical unit on the token-level, the abstracted fundamental shape of a character or letter as distinct from its ductus (realization in a particular typeface or handwriting on the instance-level) and as distinct by a grapheme on the type-level by not fundamentally distinguishing meaning.
    Synonym: graf

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Arabic حُرُوف (ḥurūf).

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huruf (Jawi spelling حروف, plural huruf-huruf, informal 1st possessive hurufku, 2nd possessive hurufmu, 3rd possessive hurufnya)

  1. letter (letter of the alphabet)

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