آفت
See also: افت
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa).
Noun
آفت • (afet)
Descendants
- Turkish: afet
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔaː.ˈfat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.fát̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒː.fǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔ.fát̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | āfat |
| Dari reading? | āfat |
| Iranian reading? | âfat |
| Tajik reading? | ofat |
Noun
| Dari | آفت |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | офат |
آفت • (âfat)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian آفَت (āfat), borrowed from Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɑː.fət̪/
- Rhymes: -ət̪
- Hyphenation: آ‧فَت
Noun
آفَت • (āfat) f (Hindi spelling आफ़त)
- calamity, disaster
- (figuratively) difficulty, problem
- (by extension) din, uproar, noise
- suffering
- atrocity, cruelty, brutality
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | آفَت (āfat) | آفَتیں (āfatẽ) |
| oblique | آفَت (āfat) | آفَتوں (āfatõ) |
| vocative | آفَت (āfat) | آفَتو (āfato) |
Further reading
- “آفت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “آفت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “آفت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “آفت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879), “آفت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834), “آفت”, 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