افتاده

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔuf.tɑː.ˈða]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.t̪ʰɑː.d̪ǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.t̪ʰɑː.d̪ǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊf.t̪ʰɑː.d̪ǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔuf.t̪ʰɔː.d̪ǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔof.t̪ʰɒː.d̪é]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.t̪ʰɔ.d̪ǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	uftāḏa
Dari reading?	aftāda
Iranian reading?	oftâde
Tajik reading?	aftoda

Verb

افتاده • (oftâde)

1. past participle of افتادن (oftâdan)

Noun

افتاده • (oftâde) (plural افتادگان (oftâdegân) or افتاده‌ها (oftâde-hâ))

1. humbled person, oppressed person
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 119:

     کی در حریم وصل ره چون منی بود
     افتاده‌های درد ترا خاک در بس است

     kay dar harīm-i wasl rah-i čūn manī buwad
     uftāda-hā-yi dard-i tu-rā xāk-i dar bas ast

     How shall there be a way for someone like me into the sanctum of meeting [you]?
     For those oppressed by love-pain for you, the dirt [before your] gate is enough.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “افتاده”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim