غفلت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَفْلَة (ḡafla).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɣaf.lat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣäf.lät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣäf.lät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɣäf.lät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɣäf.lät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæf.læt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʁäf.lät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	ğaflat
Dari reading?	ğaflat
Iranian reading?	ğaflat
Tajik reading?	ġaflat

Noun

غفلت • (ğaflat)

1. negligence; carelessness

References

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian غفلت (ġaflat), from Arabic غَفْلَة (ḡafla).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɣəf.lət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

غَفْلَت • (ġaflat) f (Hindi spelling ग़फ़लत)

1. negligence; carelessness

Declension

Declension of غفلت
	singular	plural
direct	غَفْلَت (ġaflat)	غَفْلَتیں (ġaflatẽ)
oblique	غَفْلَت (ġaflat)	غَفْلَتوں (ġaflatõ)
vocative	غَفْلَت (ġaflat)	غَفْلَتو (ġaflato)

References

• “غفلت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “غفلت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “غفلت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “غفلت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC