Alif may refer to:

Languages

* Alif (ا) in the

Arabic alphabet The Arabic alphabet, or the Arabic abjad, is the Arabic script as specifically codified for writing the Arabic language. It is a unicase, unicameral script written from right-to-left in a cursive style, and includes 28 letters, of which most ...

, equivalent to

aleph Aleph (or alef or alif, transliterated ʾ) is the first Letter (alphabet), letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician alphabet, Phoenician ''ʾālep'' 𐤀, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew ''ʾālef'' , Aramaic alphabet, Aramaic ''ʾālap'' � ...

, the first letter of many Semitic alphabets **

Dagger alif The dagger alif ( ) or superscript alif is written as a short vertical stroke on top of an Arabic alphabet, Arabic letter. It indicates a long sound where an aleph, alif is normally not written, e.g. or . The dagger alif occurs in only a fe ...

, superscript alif in Arabic alphabet * Alif, the first letter of the

Urdu alphabet The Urdu alphabet () is the right-to-left alphabet used for writing Urdu. It is a modification of the Persian alphabet, which itself is derived from the Arabic script. It has co-official status in the republics of Pakistan, India and South Afri ...

* Alif, the eighth consonant of the

Thaana Thaana, Tãna, Taana or Tāna ( ) is the present writing system of the Maldivian language spoken in the Maldives. Thaana has characteristics of both an abugida (diacritics, vowel-killer strokes) and a true alphabet (all vowels are w ...

abugida used in Dhivehi

Films and TV

* ''Alif'' (2015 film), an Indian Malayalam film * ''Alif'' (2016 film), an Indian Hindi film produced by Pawan Tiwari and Zaigham Imam * ''Alif'' (TV series), a Pakistani drama produced by Samina Humayun Saeed

Places

Ari Atoll Ari Atoll (also called Alif or Alifu Atoll) is one of the natural atolls of the Maldives. It is one of the biggest atolls and is located in the west of the archipelago. The almost rectangular alignment spreads the islands over an area of about . I ...

or Alif, a historic administrative division of the Maldives *

Alif, Iran Dahleh (, also Romanized as Dahlah and Dehleh; also known as Alīf, Dahli, and Dehlī) is a village in Kamaraj Rural District, Kamaraj and Konartakhteh District, Kazerun County, Fars province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republi ...

, a village in Fars Province, Iran

Other uses

Alif (rapper) Alif Abdullah (born September 21, 1989), better known as ALYPH or Alif is a Singaporean-Malay singer, performer, songwriter, composer and producer based in Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, ...

(born 1989), singer, lyricist, composer and recording publisher *

Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Spinal fusion, also called spondylodesis or spondylosyndesis, is a surgery performed by orthopaedic surgeons or neurosurgeons that joins two or more vertebrae. This procedure can be performed at any level in the spine (cervical, thoracic, lumbar, ...

, a type of spinal fusion * ALIF (Liberate Attack of the Feminist Infantry), female hip hop group from Senegal {{disambiguation, geo