تلفظ

Arabic

Root
ل ف ظ (l f ẓ)
4 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.laf.fa.ðˤa/

Verb

تَلَفَّظَ • (talaffaẓa) V (non-past يَتَلَفَّظُ (yatalaffaẓu), verbal noun تَلَفُّظ (talaffuẓ))

1. to articulate, to enunciate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of تَلَفَّظَ (V, sound, no passive (?), verbal noun تَلَفُّظ)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَلَفُّظ talaffuẓ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُتَلَفِّظ mutalaffiẓ
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تَلَفَّظْتُ talaffaẓtu	تَلَفَّظْتَ talaffaẓta	تَلَفَّظَ talaffaẓa		تَلَفَّظْتُمَا talaffaẓtumā	تَلَفَّظَا talaffaẓā		تَلَفَّظْنَا talaffaẓnā	تَلَفَّظْتُمْ talaffaẓtum	تَلَفَّظُوا talaffaẓū
	f		تَلَفَّظْتِ talaffaẓti	تَلَفَّظَتْ talaffaẓat			تَلَفَّظَتَا talaffaẓatā			تَلَفَّظْتُنَّ talaffaẓtunna	تَلَفَّظْنَ talaffaẓna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَتَلَفَّظُ ʔatalaffaẓu	تَتَلَفَّظُ tatalaffaẓu	يَتَلَفَّظُ yatalaffaẓu		تَتَلَفَّظَانِ tatalaffaẓāni	يَتَلَفَّظَانِ yatalaffaẓāni		نَتَلَفَّظُ natalaffaẓu	تَتَلَفَّظُونَ tatalaffaẓūna	يَتَلَفَّظُونَ yatalaffaẓūna
	f		تَتَلَفَّظِينَ tatalaffaẓīna	تَتَلَفَّظُ tatalaffaẓu			تَتَلَفَّظَانِ tatalaffaẓāni			تَتَلَفَّظْنَ tatalaffaẓna	يَتَلَفَّظْنَ yatalaffaẓna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَتَلَفَّظَ ʔatalaffaẓa	تَتَلَفَّظَ tatalaffaẓa	يَتَلَفَّظَ yatalaffaẓa		تَتَلَفَّظَا tatalaffaẓā	يَتَلَفَّظَا yatalaffaẓā		نَتَلَفَّظَ natalaffaẓa	تَتَلَفَّظُوا tatalaffaẓū	يَتَلَفَّظُوا yatalaffaẓū
	f		تَتَلَفَّظِي tatalaffaẓī	تَتَلَفَّظَ tatalaffaẓa			تَتَلَفَّظَا tatalaffaẓā			تَتَلَفَّظْنَ tatalaffaẓna	يَتَلَفَّظْنَ yatalaffaẓna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَتَلَفَّظْ ʔatalaffaẓ	تَتَلَفَّظْ tatalaffaẓ	يَتَلَفَّظْ yatalaffaẓ		تَتَلَفَّظَا tatalaffaẓā	يَتَلَفَّظَا yatalaffaẓā		نَتَلَفَّظْ natalaffaẓ	تَتَلَفَّظُوا tatalaffaẓū	يَتَلَفَّظُوا yatalaffaẓū
	f		تَتَلَفَّظِي tatalaffaẓī	تَتَلَفَّظْ tatalaffaẓ			تَتَلَفَّظَا tatalaffaẓā			تَتَلَفَّظْنَ tatalaffaẓna	يَتَلَفَّظْنَ yatalaffaẓna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		تَلَفَّظْ talaffaẓ			تَلَفَّظَا talaffaẓā				تَلَفَّظُوا talaffaẓū
	f		تَلَفَّظِي talaffaẓī							تَلَفَّظْنَ talaffaẓna

Etymology 2

Verbal noun of تَلَفَّظَ (talaffaẓa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.laf.fuðˤ/

Noun

تَلَفُّظ • (talaffuẓ) m

1. pronunciation; enunciation; articulation

Declension

Declension of noun تَلَفُّظ (talaffuẓ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَلَفُّظ talaffuẓ	التَّلَفُّظ at-talaffuẓ	تَلَفُّظ talaffuẓ
Nominative	تَلَفُّظٌ talaffuẓun	التَّلَفُّظُ at-talaffuẓu	تَلَفُّظُ talaffuẓu
Accusative	تَلَفُّظًا talaffuẓan	التَّلَفُّظَ at-talaffuẓa	تَلَفُّظَ talaffuẓa
Genitive	تَلَفُّظٍ talaffuẓin	التَّلَفُّظِ at-talaffuẓi	تَلَفُّظِ talaffuẓi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: tələffüz
• → Classical Persian: تَلَفُّظ (talaffuz)
• → Northern Kurdish: telafûz
• → Pashto: تلفظ (talaffoz)
• → Ottoman Turkish: تلفظ (telaffuz)
  • → Turkish: telaffuz
• → Urdu: تَلَفُّظ (talaffuz)
• → Uyghur: تەلەپپۇز (teleppuz)
• → Uzbek: talaffuz

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “لفظ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَلَفُّظ (talaffuẓ).

Noun

تلفظ • (talaffoz) m

1. pronunciation

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَلَفُّظ (talaffuẓ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.laf.fuz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.läf.fʊz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.läf.fʊz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.läf.fʊz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.läf.fuz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.læf.foz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.läf.fuz]

Readings
Classical reading?	talaffuẓ
Dari reading?	talaffuẓ
Iranian reading?	talaffoẓ
Tajik reading?	talaffuẓ

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Noun

Dari	تَلَفُّظ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	талаффуз

تَلَفُّظ • (talaffoz)

1. pronunciation

   Synonym: آوایِش (âvâyeš)

Derived terms

• تَلَفُّظ کَردَن (talaffoz kardan, “to pronounce”)

 

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَلَفُّظ (talaffuz), from Arabic تَلَفُّظ (talaffuẓ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ləf.fʊz/

Noun

تَلَفُّظ • (talaffuz) m (Hindi spelling तलफ़्फ़ुज़)

1. pronunciation

Declension

Declension of تلفظ
	singular	plural
direct	تلفظ (talaffuz)	تلفظ (talaffuz)
oblique	تلفظ (talaffuz)	تلفظوں (talaffuzō̃)
vocative	تلفظ (talaffuz)	تلفظو (talaffuzō)