فعلی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِعْلِيّ (fiʕliyy). By surface analysis, فعل (fe'l) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fiʔ.ˈliː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fe̞ʔ.líː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fe̞ʔ.líː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [feː.líː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [feː.lí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [feʔ.líː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [feʔ.lí]

Readings
Classical reading?	fi'lī
Dari reading?	fe'lī
Iranian reading?	fe'li
Tajik reading?	feʾli

Adjective

فعلی • (fe'li)

1. current

   پادشاه فعلی ― pâdešâh-e fel'li ― the current king

2. (grammar) verbal

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “فعلی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “فعلی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press