تفاوت

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Arabic

Root
ف و ت (f w t)
4 terms

Verb

تَفَاوَتَ (tafāwata) VI (non-past يَتَفَاوَتُ (yatafāwatu), verbal noun تَفَاوُت (tafāwut))

  1. to be disparate, to vary, to differ, to be distinguishable
    تَانِكَ ٱلْأُخْتَانِ تَتَفَاوَتَانِ فِي ٱلسِّنِّ
    tānika l-ʔuḵtāni tatafāwatāni fī s-sinni
    Those two sisters differ in age.

Conjugation

Noun

تَفَاوُت (tafāwutm

  1. verbal noun of تَفَاوَتَ (tafāwata) (form VI)
  2. difference, distinction, disparity
  3. state of being uneven

Declension

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَفَاوُت (tafāwut).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? tafāwut
Dari reading? tafāwut
Iranian reading? tafâvot
Tajik reading? tafovut
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

تَفاوُت (tafâvot) (plural تَفاوُت‌ها (tafâvot-hâ))

  1. difference
    Synonym: فَرق (farq)
    Antonym: شَباهَت (šabâhat)
    تفاوت بین دو شکل را پیدا کن
    tafâvot beyn-e do šekl râ peydâ kon
    find the difference between the two pictures
  2. (archaic) distance
    Synonym: فاصله (fâsele)
    • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 3”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]‎:
      صلاح کار کجا و من خراب کجا
      ببین تفاوت ره کز کجاست تا به کجا
      salāh-i kār kujā u man-i xarāb kujā
      bibēn tafāwut-i rah k-az kujā-st tā be kujā
      Where is the righteousness of works, and where am I, the broken one?
      Look at the distance of the road—from where to where?
      (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

Descendants