माफ़ी
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
From earlier मुआफ़ी (muāfī), borrowed from Classical Persian معافی (mu'āfī), from Arabic مُعَاف (muʕāf). Compare Nepali माफ (māph), Punjabi ਮਾਫ਼ੀ (māfī).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
माफ़ी • (māfī) f (Urdu spelling معافی)
- forgiveness, pardon
- अब अपने पिता से माफ़ी माँग।
- ab apne pitā se māfī māṅg.
- Now go ask your father for forgiveness.
Declension edit
Declension of माफ़ी (fem ī-stem)
Derived terms edit
- माफ़ी माँगना (māfī māṅgnā)
Related terms edit
- माफ़ (māf)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “माफ़ी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press