کیفیت
See also: كیفیت
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic كَيْفِيَّة (kayfiyya). By surface analysis, کیف (keyf) + ـیت (-iyyat).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /kaj.fij.ˈjat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰäj.fi.ját̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲej.fi.jǽt̪ʰ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰäj.fi.ját̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kayfiyyat |
| Dari reading? | kayfiyat |
| Iranian reading? | keyfiyat |
| Tajik reading? | kayfiyat |
Noun
کیفیت • (kayfiyyat / keyfiyat) (Tajik spelling кайфият)
- quality
- Synonym: چگونگی (čegunegi)
- Coordinate term: کمیت (kammiyyat)
- کیفیت کالا ― keyfiyyat-e kâlâ ― product quality
- چه کیفیت خوبی داره! ― če keyfiyyat-e xubi dâre! ― What a good quality!
- situation, circumstance
- Synonym: وضعیت (vaz'iyyat)
- exhilaration
Descendants
- → Chagatai: کیفیت (kyfyt /käyfiyät/)
- → Crimean Tatar: keyfiyet (via Chagatai and Ottoman Turkish)
- → Hindustani:
- Urdu: کَیفِیَّت (kaifiyyat)
- → Malayalam: കൈപ്പീത്ത് (kaippīttŭ)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “کیفیت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “کیفیت”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.