اتفاق

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See also: أنفاق and إنفاق

Arabic

Root
و ف ق (w-f-q)

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِتَّفَقَ (ittafaqa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /it.ti.faːq/
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Noun

اِتِّفَاق (ittifāqm (plural اِتِّفَاقَات (ittifāqāt))

  1. verbal noun of اِتَّفَقَ (ittafaqa) (form VIII)
  2. agreement, union, concord, harmony
  3. compact, league, alliance
  4. conspiracy

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic اِتِّفَاق (ittifāq).

Pronunciation

Noun

اتفاق (ittifāgm (plural اِتِّفَاقات (ittifāgāt))

  1. agreement, union, concord, harmony
  2. conspiracy

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِتِّفَاق (ittifāq).

According to Encyclopedia Iranica, the Dari sense of "Unity" or "Union" was a semantic borrowing from Urdu. Despite the Urdu word originally being borrowed from Persian.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? ittifāq
Dari reading? ittifāq
Iranian reading? ettefâğ
Tajik reading? ittifoq

Noun

Dari اتفاق
Iranian Persian
Tajik иттифоқ

اتفاق (ettefâq) (plural اتفاق‌ها (ettefâq-hâ) or اتفاقات (ettefâqât))

  1. occurrence, happening, event, especially a coincidental or unexpected one
  2. agreeing, agreement, consent
  3. alliance
  4. (Dari) unity, union

Related terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اتفاق (ittifāq), from Arabic اِتِّفَاق (ittifāq).

Pronunciation

Noun

اِتِّفاق (ittifāqm (Hindi spelling इत्तिफ़ाक़)

  1. unity, union, accordance, agreement, concord, harmony, community
  2. coincidence, accident chance, mischance, opportunity, venture

References

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

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu اتفاق (ittifāq), from Classical Persian اتفاق (ittifāq), from Arabic اِتِّفَاق (ittifāq).

Noun

اتفاق (itifāq)

  1. agreement, unity, union
  2. coincidence, chance, accident