ਜਫਾ
Punjabi edit
Alternative forms edit
- ਜਫ਼ਾ (jafā)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian جفا (jafā), from Arabic جَفَاء (jafāʔ), verbal noun of جَفَا (jafā, “be crude”).
Noun edit
ਜਫਾ • (japhā) f (Shahmukhi spelling جفا)
- cruelty, oppression, tyranny, brutality, persecution
- (countable) act of oppression, atrocity, torture
Synonyms edit
- ਜਫਾਕਸ਼ੀ (japhākśī)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “ਜਫਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024