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Noun edit

ضیافت (zīyāfat)

  1. feast, meal
  2. dinner

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic ضِيَافَة (ḍiyāfa).

Noun edit

ضیافت (ziyafet)

  1. banquet; dinner party
    • 1909 February 11, “روسلر و عثمانلیلر [Russians and Ottomans]”, in Tanin:
      روسیه مجلس مبعوثاننده اوقتوبریست فرقه‌سی رئیسی موسیو غوچقوفه اولكی اقشام پراپالاسده اتحاد وترقی جمعیتی طرفندن بر ضیافت كشیده اولمشدر.
      Rusya meclis mebusanında oktobrist fırkası reisi mosyo Guçkof'a evvelki akşam Pera Palas'ta İttihad ve Terraki Cemiyeti tarafından bir ziyafet keşide olmuştır.
      A party was held last night by the CUP at the Pera Palace for the Russian parliament's Octobrist party leader Mr. Guchkov.

Usage notes edit

  • When the event is for somebody, the person's name is in the dative case.

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: ziyafet

Further reading edit

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “ziyafet”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ضیافت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 786b

Persian edit

Dari ضیافت
Iranian Persian
Tajik зиёфат

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic ضِيافة (ḍiyāfa, hospitality).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? ziyāfat
Dari reading? ziyāfat
Iranian reading? ziyâfat
Tajik reading? ziyofat

Noun edit

ضیافت (ziâfat)

  1. feast, banquet, entertainment
  2. hospitality

See also edit

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian ضیافت (ziyāfat), from Arabic ضِيافة (ḍiyāfa, hospitality).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ضیافَت (zyāfat? (Hindi spelling ज़ियाफ़त)

  1. feast, meal