Arabic edit

 
دفتر

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian dptl (daftar), from Aramaic דפתרא / ܕܦܬܪܐ, from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra).[1][2]

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Noun edit

دَفْتَر (daftarm (plural دَفَاتِر (dafātir))

  1. register; roster
  2. notebook; copybook; exercise book

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References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “دفتر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  1. ^ "Daftar" in Bernard Lewis (1991), Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition, volume 2: C-G, edited by B. Lewis, Ch. Pellat and J. Schacht, assisted by J. Burton-Page, C. Dumont and V.L. Ménage, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, page 77b
  2. ^ http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/daftar-mid

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic دَفْتَر (daftar, register; notebook), from Aramaic דהפתּיר (defter), ultimately from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra)

Noun edit

دفتر (defter) (plural دفاتر (defatir))

  1. register, ledger, a book used for the inscription of lists, accounts, etc.
  2. notebook, rough book, a book in which notes and memoranda are written
    Synonym: سفینه (sefine)
  3. roll, catalogue, list, inventory, especially the ones kept for official purposes

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Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dptl /⁠daftar⁠/), from Aramaic דפתרא / ܕܦܬܪܐ, from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra). The learned plural دفاتر (dafâter) is re-borrowed from Arabic.

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? daftar
Dari reading? daftar
Iranian reading? daftar
Tajik reading? daftar
  • (file)

Noun edit

Dari دفتر
Iranian Persian
Tajik дафтар

دفتر (daftar) (plural دفترها (daftar-hâ) or دفاتر (dafâter))

  1. register, account book
    وارد دفتر کردن
    vâred-e daftar kardan
    to register, to make an entry in the account book
  2. notebook, journal
    دفتر خاطرات روزانه
    daftar-e xâterât-e ruzâne
    personal journal
    (literally, “notebook of daily thoughts”)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 162”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎[1]:
      بشوی اوراق اگر همدرس مایی
      که علم عشق در دفتر نباشد
      bišōy awrāq agar hamdars-i mā-yī
      ki ilm-i išq dar daftar na-bāšad
      Wash away the pages if you are our classmate,
      For the science of love is not in the notebooks.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  3. office, office building
    رفتم دفترمraftam daftar-amI went to my office

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian دفتر (daftar).

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دَفْتَر (daftarm (Hindi spelling दफ़्तर)

  1. office, workplace

Declension edit

Declension of دفتر
singular plural
direct دَفْتَر (daftar) دَفْتَر (daftar)
oblique دَفْتَر (daftar) دَفْتَروں (daftarō̃)
vocative دَفْتَر (daftar) دَفْتَرو (daftarō)

References edit

  • دفتر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • دفتر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.