آفت

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa).

Noun

آفت (afet)

  1. calamity
  2. disaster
  3. misfortune

Descendants

  • Turkish: afet

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? āfat
Dari reading? āfat
Iranian reading? âfat
Tajik reading? ofat

Noun

Dari آفت
Iranian Persian
Tajik офат

آفت (âfat)

  1. calamity
  2. plague

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آفت (āfat), from Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa).

Pronunciation

Noun

آفت (āfatf (Hindi spelling आफ़त)

  1. calamity
  2. plague
  3. adversity
  4. catastrophe
  5. disaster

References

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “آفت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.