Rizwan Zubair

Root غ ر ف gh-r-f

Quranic citations in this entry: 3 · اردو

غ ر فgh-r-f

(ض) غَرَفَ يَغْرِفُ غَرْفًاgharafa yaghrifu gharfan: to take up liquid in a vessel or in the cupped hand, as in taking broth with a ladle or scooping water in the palm. (this verb is not used in the Quran).

غُرْفَةٌghurfah pl. غُرَفٌ وَغُرُفٰتٌghuraf wa-ghurufāt (noun, ism dhāt): (1) a handful of water (2) the upper room of a building, an upper chamber; hence a lofty place and a high rank. ﴿اُولٰٓئِكَ يُجْزَوْنَ الْغُرْفَةَ بِمَا صَبَرُوْا﴾ (Al-Furqān 25:75); ﴿وَهُمْ فِي الْغُرُفٰتِ اٰمِنُوْنَ﴾ (Sabaʾ 34:37)

Form VIII (iftiʿāl) اِغْتَرَفَ يَغْتَرِفُ اِغْتِرَافًاightarafa yaghtarifu ightirāfan: to scoop up deliberately, to take a handful. ﴿اِلَّا مَنِ اغْتَرَفَ غُرْفَةًۢ بِيَدِهِۦ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:249)

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