وفات
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [wa.ˈfɑːt]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [væ.fɒ́ːt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [vä.fɔ́t̪]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | wafāt |
Dari reading? | wafāt |
Iranian reading? | vafât |
Tajik reading? | vafot |
Noun edit
Dari | وفات |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | вафот |
وفات • (vafât)
- death
- 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.
- čand gūyī zi sar-i nāz ki jān dah ba wafā?
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
From Persian وفات (wafāt), from Arabic وَفَاة (wafāh), from the root و ف ي (w-f-y), with meanings related to 'fulfilment'.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʋə.fɑːt̪/
- Rhymes: -ɑːt
Noun edit
وَفات • (vafāt) f (Hindi spelling वफ़ात)
Derived terms edit
- وفات پانا (vafāt pānā)