thousand

18 occurrences across 4 Arabic/Persian roots

ء- ل- ف

(ʾ-l-f) — thousand; thousands; intimacy

“thousand” accounts for 10 of 29 occurrences of this root (34%)

Forms seen

الف ×6 ألف ×2 "الف ×1 أَلْفَ ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

thousand 34% thousand year 7% myriad 7% fellowship 7% ye have composed 3% which would unite 3% walk not with 3% uniteth 3% unifier 3% ten thousand 3% strive ye to knit together 3% one thousand 3% joined and united 3% friendliness 3% countless 3% concord 3% combined 3%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: الف: a thousand gleaningsGWB §135: ألف: a thousand kitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: "الف: A thousand prayers-and-meditationsP&M §54: أَلْفَ: a thousand epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: الف: thousand gleaningsGWB §729: ألف: thousand kitab-i-iqanKIQ §179: الف: a thousand epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: الف: thousand kitab-i-iqanKIQ §179: الف: thousand epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: الف: thousand

ه- ز- ر

(h-z-r) — thousand

“thousand” accounts for 4 of 11 occurrences of this root (36%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

thousand 36% myriad 36% ten thousand 9% one thousand 9% many a 9%

Examples

kitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: هزار: thousand kitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: هزار: thousands kitab-i-iqanKIQ §218: هزار: thousand kitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: هزار: thousand

ه- ز- ا- ر

(h-z-ʾ-r) — thousand; nightingale

“thousand” accounts for 3 of 5 occurrences of this root (60%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

thousand 60% myriad 20% bird 20%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: هزار: a thousand gleaningsGWB §40: هزار: a thousand epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: هزار: thousand

ص- د

(ṣ-d) — hundred

“thousand” accounts for 1 of 4 occurrences of this root (25%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

myriad 50% thousand 25% hundred 25%

Examples

will-and-testamentW&T §43: صد: A thousand

See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots:

myriad (8) thousand year (2) fellowship (2)