English
seif
Seif comes from Arabic سَيْف ‘sword’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentسَيْفsayf‘sword’
- Englishearliest quotation 1954seif
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentسَيْفsayf‘sword’
- Englishearliest quotation 1954seif
Earliest quotation: 1954, Bulletin of the Research Council of Isra: “Such seifs have a somewhat zig-zag form instead of…”
Linked words
through Arabic سَيْف ‘sword’
Today it means
noun A sand dune that elongates parallel to the prevailing wind.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic سَيْف / seif