نفاست

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَفَاسَة (nafāsa).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /na.faː.ˈsat/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.fɑː.sát̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nä.fɑː.sát̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nä.fɔː.sát̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.fɒː.sǽt̪ʰ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.fɔ.sát̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nafāsat
Dari reading^?	nafāsat
Iranian reading^?	nafâsat
Tajik reading^?	nafosat

Noun

نفاست • (nafāsat / nafâsat) (Tajik spelling нафосат)

worth, value, preciousness

Related terms

Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ن ف س (0 c, 3 e)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “نفاست”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim