مخفی

See also: محقي and مخفي

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَخْفِيّ (maḵfiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [max.ˈfiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäx.fíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäx.fíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäx.fíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäx.fí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæx.fíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäχ.fí]

Readings
Classical reading?	maxfī
Dari reading?	maxfī
Iranian reading?	maxfi
Tajik reading?	maxfi

Adjective

مخفی • (maxfi)

1. secret, hidden

   Synonyms: پنهان (penhân), نهان (nehân)

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 84:

     هم بحق جمله اولاد و اصحاب کبار
     کز خردشان نیست مخفی آشکارا و نهان

     ham ba-haqq-i jumla-yi awlād u ashāb-i kibār
     k-az xiradišān nēst maxfī āškārā u nihān

     Also, [I swear] by all of his [the Prophet's] great descendants and companions,
     From whose wisdom nothing is hidden, whether public or secret.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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