Meaning of الف | Babel Free

Definitions

1. alif (the letter ا, the first letter of the Persian and Arabic abjads)
2. something or someone erect and tall like the letter ا; (in particular) the beautiful, slender stature of the beloved
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“ما کهایم اندر جهان پیچ پیچ چون الف او خود چه دارد هیچ هیچ”

Who are we? In this tangled world What [thing other than He] indeed hath He [who is single] like alif? Nothing, nothing.

“نیست بر لوحِ دلم جز الفِ قامتِ دوست چه کنم حرفِ دگر یاد نداد استادم”

The tablet of my heart has nothing [written] on it but the alif of my love's figure; What can I do? My master taught me no other letter.

“بدل از خار خار هجر الفها من دیوانه را سرو سمن بس”

The affliction to the heart from bidding the alifs [slender beauties] farewell Is enough of jasmine cypresses [beauties as slender as cypresses and beautiful as jasmines] for me, the madman.

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