وفات

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَفَاة (wafāh).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wa.ˈfɑːt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.fɑ́ːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.fɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wä.fɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wä.fɔ́ːt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væ.fɒ́ːt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vä.fɔ́t̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	wafāt
Dari reading?	wafāt
Iranian reading?	vafât
Tajik reading?	vafot

Noun

Dari	وفات
Iranian Persian
Tajik	вафот

وفات • (vafât)

1. death

   Synonyms: مرگ (marg), فوت (fowt)

   • early 1500s, Hilālī, “Ghazal 44”, in دیوان هلالی جغتایی‎^[1]:

     چند گویی ز سر ناز که جان ده بوفا؟
     جان من کار دگر نیست مرا غیر وفات

     čand gūyī zi sar-i nāz ki jān dah ba wafā?
     jān-i man kār-i digar nēst ma-rā ğayr-i wafāt

     How long will you say with full coyness, "Give up your life to loyalty [for me]?"
     For my life is nothing else to me than death.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَفَات (wafāt), from Arabic وَفَاة (wafāh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋə.fɑːt̪/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːt

Noun

وَفات • (vafāt) f (Hindi spelling वफ़ात)

1. death, decease, demise

   Synonyms: فوت (faut), مرگ (marg), موت (maut)

Derived terms

• وَفَات پَانَا (vafāt pānā)