زفاف (zifaaf) — "wedding" in Modern Standard Arabic
زفاف
zifaaf
wedding
- Topic
- mankind and kinship
- Seen in
- 3 of our stories
"wedding" in the other dialects
زفاف in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
انا بخير شكرا نحن نجهز لحفلة الزفاف
Ana bi khayr shukran nahnu nujahhiz li haflat az zafaf
I am fine thank you we are preparing for the wedding party
from Wedding Preparations
اليوم نريد ان نخطط لحفل الزفاف
Al-yawm nureed an nukhattita lihafl az-zafaf
Today we want to plan the wedding party.
from Wedding Planning
ثم سالني فجاة عن خططي لحضور حفل زفاف ابن اخي الاسبوع القادم
Thumma sa'alanī faj'atan ʿan khuṭaṭī li-ḥuḍūr ḥafl zifāf ibn akhī al-usbūʿ al-qādim.
Then he suddenly asked me about my plans to attend my nephew's wedding next week.
from An Unexpected Call
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