گفتار

See also: کفتار

Persian

Etymology

Formed of گفتن (goftan, “to say, speak”) +‎ ـار (-âr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡuf.ˈtɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊf.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊf.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊf.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡuf.t̪ʰɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥of.t̪ʰɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡuf.t̪ʰɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	guftār
Dari reading?	guftār
Iranian reading?	goftâr
Tajik reading?	guftor

Noun

Dari	گفتار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гуфтор

گفتار • (goftâr)

1. speech

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گُفْتَار (guftār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡʊf.t̪ɑːɾ/

• Audio (Pakistan):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

گُفْتار • (guftār) f (Hindi spelling गुफ़्तार)

1. speech, discourse

Declension

Declension of گفتار
	singular	plural
direct	گفتار (guftār)	گفتاریں (guftārẽ)
oblique	گفتار (guftār)	گفتاروں (guftārõ)
vocative	گفتار (guftār)	گفتارو (guftāro)

Further reading

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