Arabic

Verb

هَدَفَ • ‎(hadafa) I, non-past يَهْدُفُ‎ (yahdufu)

1. to approach, to draw near, to be near
2. to aim, to aim at

Conjugation

References

• Wehr, Hans (1976), “هدف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

هَدَف • ‎(hadaf) m ‎(plural أَهْدَاف ‎(ʾahdāf))

1. target, object, aim, end
2. objective, purpose, design, intention
3. goal

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

هَدْف • ‎(hadf) m

1. verbal noun of هَدَفَ ‎(hadafa) (form I)

Declension

Pashto

Etymology

From Persian, from Arabic هَدَف ‎(hadaf).

Pronunciation

• (non-native) IPA^(key): /hadəf/
• IPA^(key): /adəp/
• IPA^(key): /hədəp/
• IPA^(key): /hədəw/

Noun

هدف • ‎(hëdëf) m

1. (rare, obsolete) goal

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic هَدَف ‎(hadaf).

Noun

هدف • ‎(hadaf)

1. target
2. objective
3. goal