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

huruf (plural **huruf-huruf)

  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

From Arabic حُرُوف (ḥurūf).

huruf (Jawi spelling حروف, plural **huruf-huruf or **huruf2)

  1. letter (letter of the alphabet)