طرفین

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَرَفَيْن (ṭarafayn), dual of طَرَف (ṭaraf). By surface analysis, طرف (taraf, “side”) +‎ ـین (-eyn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.ɾa.ˈfajn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾä.fǽjn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾä.fǽjn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾä.fǽjn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾä.fǽjn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.ɹæ.ˈfejn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾä.fǽjn]

Readings
Classical reading?	tarafayn
Dari reading?	tarafayn
Iranian reading?	tarafeyn
Tajik reading?	tarafayn

Noun

طرفین • (tarafeyn)

1. the two parties (relating to a dispute, a case, a treaty, a negotiation, etc.)

Further reading

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