From Malay huruf, from Arabic حُرُوف (ḥurūf) plural of حَرْف (ḥarf).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhurʊf/

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• Rhymes: -rʊf, -ʊf, -f
• Hyphenation: hu‧ruf

huruf (plural huruf-huruf, first-person possessive hurufku, second-person possessive hurufmu, third-person possessive hurufnya)

1. letter (letter of the alphabet)

   Synonym: aksara

2. (law, of legislation) point

   Coordinate term: angka

3. (linguistics, typography) graph: A graphical unit on the token-level, the abstracted fundamental shape of a character or letter as distinct from its ductus (realization in a particular typeface or handwriting on the instance-level) and as distinct by a grapheme on the type-level by not fundamentally distinguishing meaning.

   Synonym: graf

• “huruf” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Arabic حُرُوف (ḥurūf).

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /hurof/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /hurʊf/
• Rhymes: -urof, -rof, -of

huruf (Jawi spelling حروف, plural huruf-huruf, informal 1st possessive hurufku, 2nd possessive hurufmu, 3rd possessive hurufnya)

1. letter (letter of the alphabet)

• huruf hidup
• huruf mati

• “huruf” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.