شکوفه

Persian

Alternative forms

شگوفه

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (škwpk' /⁠škōfag⁠/, “flower, blossom”), from the verb škōf- (“to blossom”), whence modern (šekoftan, “to blossom”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃu.koː.fa], [ʃi.kuː.fa]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.kʰoː.fä], [ʃɪ.kʰuː.fä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.kʰoː.fä], [ʃɪ.kʰuː.fä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃu.kʰʊː.fä], [ʃu.kʰu.fä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃo.kʰuː.fe], [ʃe.kʰuː.fe]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃu.kʰɵ.fä], [ʃi.kʰu.fä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šukōfa, šikūfa
Dari reading^?	šukōfa, šikūfa
Iranian reading^?	šokufa, šekufe
Tajik reading^?	šuküfa, šikufa

Noun


Iranian Persian	شکوفه
Dari	شکوفه
Tajik	шукуфа

شکوفه • (šokufe) (plural شکوفه‌ها (šokufe-hâ))

flower, blossom, bloom
Synonym: گل (gol)
- c. 1080, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, “Qaṣīda 78”, in دیوان ناصرخسرو [Dīvān of Nāṣir-i Khusraw]‎^[1]:
  بستان ز نو شکوفه چو گردون شد
  تا نسترن به سان ثریا شد
  bustān zi naw šikōfa čū gardūn šud
  tā nastaran ba sān-i surayyā šud
  Due to the new blossoms, the garden was like the [night] sky,
  As long as the wild roses were like the Pleiades.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)