قفلی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قُفْل (qufl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [quf.liː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qʊf.liː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qʊf.liː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qʊf.liː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [quf.li]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qof.liː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [quf.li]

Readings
Classical reading?	quflī
Dari reading?	quflī
Iranian reading?	ğofli
Tajik reading?	qufli

Noun

قفلی • (quflī)

1. mould

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: क़ुल्फ़ी (qulfī)

  Urdu: قُلفِی (qulfī)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “قفلی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul