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Definition of the noun Alif

What does Alif mean as a name of something?

noun - plural: alifs

The first letter of the Arabic alphabet: [term, ا, sc=Arab, tr='álif, lang=ar].

Group

ALIF is the pioneer female hip hop trio of Hip Hop Galsen. Emerging in the late mid-1990s, ALIF offered a feminine and feminist flavour to Hip Hop Galsen encouraging women to play their part in the movement. The group split beginning of 2010 after thirteen years of a memorable career.

albums: "Viktim", "Dakamerap", "Rareti"

Person

Who is Alif?

Alif a.k.a. Alif Rizky Prihantoro is a member of an Indonesian K-pop boy band S4.

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Music

"Alif" is a musical album of Omar Faruk Tekbilek & Steve Shehan.

also known as Alif: Love Supreme
released in 2001 (15 years ago)

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My Physician Guide to Back Pain (2011)

by Natalie Permonte

Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) ALIF is an operation that involves approaching the spine through an incision in the abdomen. A portion of the affected spine is removed and replace with an implant. • Direct Lateral Interbody Fusion ...

Advanced Concepts in Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease (2015)

by João Luiz Pinheiro-Franco, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Edward C. Benzel, Michael Mayer

Therefore, ALIF is a potentially useful complement to fusion constructs that are under large biomechanical stresses such as in deformity surgery or complex reconstructive procedures. While there are potentially significant risks associated with ...

The Explanation of Linguistic Causes (1995)

Az-Za?????'s Theory of Grammar : Introduction, Translation, Commentary by Kees Versteegh, C. H. M. Versteegh

The 'alif is a substitute for two w's, and the w in az- zayduna is a substitute for three w's. The same explanation applies to the rest of these consonants analogously". Those who say that the consonants are substitutes for the vowels must face ...

The New Encyclopedia of Islam (2008)

by Cyril Glassé

The initial 'alif is a support (kursi. "a seat") for the hamzah. a letter which is a transition between silence and sound: or, one could also say, between non- manifestation and manifestation. This hamzah is a hamzat al-wasl, and is elided with ...

Advances in Central Nervous System Research and Treatment: 2013 Edition (2013)

ALIF is a surgical procedure similar to PLIF, but it is done from the front (anterior) of the body, usually through an incision in the lower abdominal area or on the side. The incision may involve cutting through, and later repairing, the muscles in ...

A Maldivian Dictionary (2003)

by Christopher Hanby Baillie Reynolds

A final alif, if it becomes -k- before a case-ending, is written as -k. (This again corresponds with Sinhalese pronunciation and usage.) Thus we write buk (gen. bukuge), 'breast', rather than buh which is the official transliteration. We have also ...

Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema (2010)

by Terri Ginsberg, Chris Lippard

Marwan Darraj, Alif 15 (1995): ...

A Dictionary, Hindūstānī and English, and English and Hindūstānī (1849)

The Latter Being Entirely New by John Shakespear

Jabgi/ \ Alif is the first letter of the Arabic and Persian alphabets. At the beginning of Hindi words, denoted by the characters of these alphabets, l with the vowel fatlla, written or more commonly understood, represents the Devani'igari letter 1 a ...

The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia (2004)

by Ulrich Marzolph, Richard van Leeuwen, Hassan Wassouf

Bûlâq = Alif Laila wa-Laila. The Book of a Thousand and One Nights. Reprint of the original copy of the Bulâq edition of 1252 A.H./Alf layla wa-layla. Al-Tab'a al- ûla. Muqâbala [wa] tashîh al-Shaykh Muhammad Qitta al-'Adawî. 2 vols. Baghdad : ...