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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kharif

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
kharif
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of crops: cultivated and harvested during the monsoon season.

Etymology

From Urdu خریف (xarīf), from Arabic خَرِيف (ḵarīf, “autumn”)

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: خریف, خَرِيف, خ ر ف

Inflected Forms

khureef (alternative) khurreef (alternative) kureef (alternative)

Questions

What does kharif mean?
Of crops: cultivated and harvested during the monsoon season.
Where does kharif come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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