See also: وقد

Arabic edit

Root
و ف د (w-f-d)

Noun edit

وَفْد (wafdm (plural وُفُود (wufūd))

  1. verbal noun of وَفَدَ (wafada) (form I)
  2. delegation, despatch, mission
  3. entourage

Declension edit

Verb edit

وَفَدَ (wafada) I, non-past يَفِدُ‎ (yafidu)

  1. to arrive, to come to, to enter

Conjugation edit

Verb edit

وَفَّدَ (waffada) II, non-past يُوَفِّدُ‎ (yuwaffidu)

  1. to send, to let arrive, to dispatch

Conjugation edit

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَفْد (vafd), from Arabic وَفْد (wafd).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

وَفْد (vafdm (formal plural وُفُود (vufūd), Hindi spelling वफ़्द)

  1. delegation
  2. deputation
  3. (rare) an ambassador
    Synonyms: سَفِیر (safīr), ایلْچی (elcī)

Declension edit

Declension of وفد
singular plural
direct وَفْد (vafd) وَفْد (vafd)
oblique وَفْد (vafd) وَفْدوں (vafdō̃)
vocative وَفْد (vafd) وَفْدو (vafdō)

Further reading edit

  • وفد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • وفد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “وفد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.