استعفا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِعْفَاء.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.tiʔ.ˈfɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰe̞ʔ.fɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰe̞ʔ.fɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰeː.fɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰeː.fɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰeʔ.fɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰeʔ.fɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	isti'fā
Dari reading?	iste'fā
Iranian reading?	este'fâ
Tajik reading?	isteʾfo

Noun

استعفا • (este'fâ)

1. resignation
2. (dated) asking forgiveness (e.g. from God)

Derived terms

• استعفا دادن (este'fâ dâdan, “to resign”)
• استعفا کردن (este'fâ kardan, “to resign”)

 

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “استعفا”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “استعفا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim