Alif is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 33 anagrams from letters in alif (afil).
From Arabic; See origin at aleph
The Irish title of the letter a or haw is alif, as also is the Arabian: the Greek alpha is either alpa or alfa.
The wheel turns ever, and no pleasure of ours but is built on the shifting sand of some one's pain, even as alif told me.