کافی

See also: كافئ and كافي

Persian

Dari	کافی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	кофӣ

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَافِي (kāfī).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kɑː.fiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.fiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.fiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.fiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔː.fi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒː.fiː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔ.fi]

Readings
Classical reading?	kāfī
Dari reading?	kāfī
Iranian reading?	kâfi
Tajik reading?	kofi

Adjective

کافی • (kâfi)

1. sufficient
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2624:

     گر بیان معنوی کافی شدی / خلق عالم عاطل و باطل بدی

     gar bayân-i-ma'nawi kâfî shudî / xalq-i-'alâm 'âtil u bâtil budî

     If the spiritual explanation were sufficient, the creation of the world would have been vain and idle.

Adverb

کافی • (kâfi)

1. enough