خفه
Persian
editEtymology
editRelated to the verb خفیدن (xafidan, “to choke; to cough”), from Proto-Iranian *xaf- (“to cough”), ultimately onomatopoeic.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [xa.ˈfa]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xæ.fé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χä.fǽ]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | xafa |
Dari reading? | xafa |
Iranian reading? | xafe |
Tajik reading? | xafa |
Adjective
editخفه • (xafe)
- strangled, choked, suffocated
- (by extension, of a room, place) stuffy, suffocating; toxic
- (figurative, of a person) gloomy, despondent