وفات

Chagatai

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَفَات (wafāt), from Arabic وَفَاة (wafāh)

Noun

وفات • (wfāt /wäfāt/) (uncountable)

  1. death
    Synonyms: ممات (mmāt /⁠mämāt⁠/), مرک (mrk /⁠märg⁠/), اولوم (ʾwlwm /⁠ölüm⁠/), دمار (dmār /⁠dämār⁠/)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Uyghur: ۋاپات (wapat)
  • Uzbek: vafot

Further reading

  • Ünlü, Suat (2013), Çağatay Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Dictionary of Chagatai Turkic] (in Turkish), Konya: Eğitim Yayınevi, →ISBN, page 1210
  • Atasoy, Faysal Okan (2017), Kırım Yurtına ve Ol Taraflarga Dair Bolgan Yarlıglar ve Hatlar (1520-1742 Kırım Tatarcasıyla Yarlıklar ve Mektuplar) [Decrees and Letters written in 1520-1742 Crimean Tatar] (in Turkish), volume II, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, →ISBN, page 1113
  • Bahawudun, Muhemmettursun; Gheyurani, Ghenizat; Qadir, Isma'il; Ehet, Ablimit (2002), چاغاتاي تىلىنىڭ ئىزاھلىق لۇغىتى [Explanatory Dictionary of the Chagatai Language]‎[1] (in Uyghur), Shinjang Xelq Neshriyati, →ISBN, page 754

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَفَاة (wafāh).

Noun

وفات • (vefat) (definite accusative وفاتی (vefatı), plural وفیات (vefiyat))

  1. death
    Synonyms: اولوم (ölüm), موت (mevt), مرك (merg), فوت (fevt)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَفَاة (wafāh).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? wafāt
Dari reading? wafāt
Iranian reading? vafât
Tajik reading? vafot

Noun

Dari وفات
Iranian Persian
Tajik вафот

وفات • (wafāt / vafât) (Tajik spelling вафот)

  1. death
    Synonyms: مرگ (marg), فوت (fowt)
    • early 1500s, Hilālī, “Ghazal 44”, in دیوان هلالی جغتایی[3]:
      چند گویی ز سر ناز که جان ده بوفا؟
      جان من کار دگر نیست مرا غیر وفات
      čand gūyī zi sar-i nāz ki jān dah ba wafā?
      jān-i man kār-i digar nēst ma-rā ġayr-i wafāt
      How long will you say with full coyness, "Give up your life to loyalty [for me]?"
      For my life is nothing else to me than death.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَفَات (wafāt), from Arabic وَفَاة (wafāh).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʋə.fɑːt̪/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːt

Noun

وَفات • (vafātf (Hindi spelling वफ़ात)

  1. death, decease, demise
    Synonyms: فوت (faut), مرگ (marg), موت (maut)

Derived terms

  • وَفَات پَانَا (vafāt pānā)