لطفا

Arabic

Root
ل ط ف (l-ṭ-f)

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of لُطْف (luṭf, “kindness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lutˤ.fan/

Adverb

لُطْفًا • (luṭfan)

1. kindly, please

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: lütfən
• → Ottoman Turkish: لطفا
  • Turkish: lütfen
• → Classical Persian: لُطْفًا (lutfan), لُطْفاً (lutfan)
  • Iranian Persian: لُطْفاً (lotfan)
  • Tajik: лутфан (lutfan)
  • → Hindustani:
    • Hindi: लुत्फ़न (lutfan), लुत्फन (lutphan)
    • Urdu: لُطْفاً (lutfan)
• → Uzbek: lutfan

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُطْفًا (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of لُطْف (luṭf).

Adverb

لطفا • (lütfen)

1. as a favor, as a kindness

Descendants

• Turkish: lütfen

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لطفا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1632

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُطْفًا (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of Arabic لُطْف (luṭf, “kindness”). By surface analysis, لطف (lotf, “kindness”) +‎ ـاً (-an).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [lut.fan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lʊt̪.fän]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lʊt̪.fän]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lʊt̪.fän]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lut̪.fän]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [lot̪.fæn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lut̪.fän]

Readings
Classical reading?	lutfan
Dari reading?	lutfan
Iranian reading?	lotfan
Tajik reading?	lutfan

Adverb

Dari	لطفا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	лутфан

لُطْفاً • (lotfan)

1. kindly

Interjection

Dari	لطفا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	лутфан

لُطْفاً • (lotfan)

1. please

   لُطْفاً بِیا داخِل ― lotfan biyâ dâxel ― please come in

Related terms

• لُطْف (lotf)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُطْفًا (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of لُطْف (luṭf).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lʊt̪.fən/

Interjection

لُطْفاً • (lutfan) (Hindi spelling लुत्फ़न)

1. please

   لُطْفاً، اَپْنی دَوا وَقْت پَر لِیجِیے

   lutfan, apnī davā vaqt par lījiye

   Take your medicine on time, please

Adverb

لُطْفاً • (lutfan) (Hindi spelling लुत्फ़न)

1. kindly

Related terms

• لُطْف (lutf)

References

• “لطفا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.