alif
noun
ˈälə̇f
plural -s
: the first letter of the Arabic alphabet consisting of a simple vertical stroke see Alphabet Table
Word History
Etymology
Arabic
First Known Use
1727, in the meaning defined above
- heliogram
- heliograms
- heliograph
- heliographed
- heliographers
- heliographic
- heliographies
- heliographing
- heliographs
- heliography
- heliogravure
- heliogravures
- heliolaters
- heliolatries
- heliolatrous
- heliolatry
- heliolite
- heliolithic
- Heliolitidae
- heliometer
- heliometers
- heliometric
- heliometrically
- heliometries
- heliometry