کیفیت

See also: كیفیت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَيْفِيَّة (kayfiyya). By surface analysis, کیف (keyf) +‎ ـیت (-iyyat).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kaj.fij.ˈjat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäj.fi.jǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäj.fi.jǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäj.fi.jǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäj.fi.jǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʲej.fij.jǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäj.fi.jǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	kayfiyyat
Dari reading?	kayfiyat
Iranian reading?	keyfiyyat
Tajik reading?	kayfiyat

Noun

کیفیت • (keyfiyyat)

1. quality

   Synonym: چگونگی (čegunegi)

   Coordinate term: کمیت (kammiyyat)

   کیفیت کالا ― keyfiyyat-e kâlâ ― product quality

   چه کیفیت خوبی داره! ― če keyfiyyat-e xubi dâre! ― What a good quality!

2. situation, circumstance

   Synonym: وضعیت (vaz'iyyat)

3. exhilaration

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Urdu: کَیفِیَّت (kaifiyyat)

  • → Malayalam: കൈപ്പീത്ത് (kaippīttŭ)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “کیفیت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کیفیت”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press