ətraf

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic أَطْرَاف (ʔaṭrāf).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

ətraf

  1. (archaic) broken plural of tərəf (“side”)

Noun

ətraf (definite accusative ətrafı, plural ətraflar)

  1. surrounding, vicinity, environs
    şəhərin ətrafları ― surroundings of the city
  2. (anatomy) limb
    yuxarı ətraflar ― upper limbs
    aşağı ətraflar ― lower limbs
  3. company, circle, gang, group of people surrounding someone
    Özü yaxşıdır, ətrafı pis.
    He himself is good, but his circle is bad.

Declension

Derived terms

  • ətrafında (“about”)
  • ətraflı (“detailed”)

Postposition

ətraf

  1. only used in ətrafında and ətrafına: around
    evin ətrafına hasar çəkmək
    to build a fence around the house
    (literally, “build a fence to all sides of the house”)

Adjective

ətraf

  1. surrounding, local, neighboring
    Dağlıq Qarabağ və ətraf rayonlar ― Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding districts

Further reading

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