See also: أنفاق and إنفاق

Arabic edit

Root
و ف ق (w-f-q)

Etymology edit

Verbal noun of اِتَّفَقَ (ittafaqa).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /it.ti.faːq/
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Noun edit

اِتِّفَاق (ittifāqm (plural اِتِّفَاقَات (ittifāqāt))

  1. verbal noun of اِتَّفَقَ (ittafaqa) (form VIII)
  2. agreement, union, concord, harmony
  3. compact, league, alliance
  4. conspiracy

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

Hijazi Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic اِتِّفَاق (ittifāq).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /it.ti.faːɡ/, [ɪt.tɪ.faːɡ]

Noun edit

اتفاق (ittifāgm (plural اِتِّفَاقات (ittifāgāt))

  1. agreement, union, concord, harmony
  2. conspiracy

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic اِتِّفَاق (ittifāq).

According to Encyclopedia Iranica, the Dari sense of "Unity" or "Union" was a semantic borrowing from Urdu. Despite the Urdu word originally being borrowed from Persian.

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? ittifāq
Dari reading? ittifāq
Iranian reading? ettefâğ
Tajik reading? ittifoq

Noun edit

Dari اتفاق
Iranian Persian
Tajik иттифоқ

اتفاق (ettefâq) (plural اتفاق‌ها (ettefâq-hâ) or اتفاقات (ettefâqât))

  1. occurrence, happening, event, especially a coincidental or unexpected one
  2. agreeing, agreement, consent
  3. alliance
  4. (Dari) unity, union

Related terms edit

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian اتفاق (ittifāq), from Arabic اِتِّفَاق (ittifāq).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

اِتِّفاق (ittifāqm (Hindi spelling इत्तिफ़ाक़)

  1. unity, union, accordance, agreement, concord, harmony, community
  2. coincidence, accident chance, mischance, opportunity, venture

References edit

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اتفاق”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.

Ushojo edit

Etymology edit

From Urdu اتفاق (ittifāq), from Classical Persian اتفاق (ittifāq), from Arabic اِتِّفَاق (ittifāq).

Noun edit

اتفاق (itifāq)

  1. agreement, unity, union
  2. coincidence, chance, accident