اتفاقا

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Arabic

Root
و ف ق (w f q)
16 terms

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of اِتِّفَاق (ittifāq, “agreement”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

اِتِّفَاقًا • (ittifāqan)

  1. by mutual agreement

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِتِّفَاقًا (ittifāqan).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ittifāqan
Dari reading? ittifāqan
Iranian reading? ettefâğan
Tajik reading? ittifoqan

Adverb

اتفاقا • (ettefâqan)

  1. accidentally, by chance
    • c. 1260, Rumi, “4:186”, in The Masnavi:
      خواست دختر را ببیند زیر دست، اتفاقا دختر اندر مکتبست
      xwāst duxtar-rā bibīnad zēr-i dast, ittifāqan duxtar andar maktab-ast
      She wished to privately meet with the girl, as it so happens the girl is at the maktab
  2. occasionally

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اتفاقاً (ittifāqan), itself from Arabic اِتِّفَاقًا (ittifāqan).

Pronunciation

Adjective

اِتِّفاقاً • (ittifāqan) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling इत्तिफ़ाक़न)

  1. incidental, by accident

Adverb

اِتِّفاقاً • (ittifāqan) (Hindi spelling इत्तिफ़ाक़न)

  1. incidentally, accidentally, coincidentally, by chance

Further reading

  • “اتفاقا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “اتفاقا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اتفاق”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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