معافی
Persian
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From مُعَاف (mo'âf) + ـِی (-i).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /mu.ʔaː.ˈfiː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mo̞.ʔɑː.fiː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mo.ʔɒː.fiː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mu.ʔɔ.fi]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | mu'āfī |
| Dari reading? | mo'āfī |
| Iranian reading? | mo'âfi |
| Tajik reading? | mu'ofi |
Noun
| Dari | معافی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | муъофӣ, муофӣ |
معافی • (mu'āfī / mo'âfi) (Tajik spelling муофӣ)
Synonyms
- معافیت (mo'âfiyyat)
Related terms
- معاف (mo'âf)
Descendants
- → Hindustani:
- → Marathi: माफी (māphī)
- → Punjabi:
Punjabi
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Borrowed from Classical Persian مُعَافِی (mu'āfī).
Noun
معافی • (māfī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਾਫ਼ੀ)
Urdu
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Borrowed from Classical Persian مُعَافِی (mu'āfī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊ.(ʔ)ɑː.fiː/, [mʊɑ̯ː.fiː]
- (Punjabic Urdu, Delhi Urdu) IPA(key): [mɑː.fiː]
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: مُ‧عا‧فی
Noun
مُعَافی • (mu'āfī) f (Hindi spelling माफ़ी)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | مُعَافی (mu'āfī) | مُعَافِیاں (mu'āfiyā̃) |
| oblique | مُعَافی (mu'āfī) | مُعَافِیوں (mu'āfiyō̃) |
| vocative | مُعَافی (mu'āfī) | مُعَافِیو (mu'āfiyō) |
See also
Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root ع ف و (0 c, 5 e)
Further reading
- “معافی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “معافی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “معاف”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 595
- Platts, John T. (1884), “معافي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1046
- Fallon, S. W. (1879), “معافی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834), “معافی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC