خفه

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Persian

Etymology

Related to the verb (xafidan, “to choke; to cough”), from Proto-Iranian *xaf- (“to cough”), ultimately onomatopoeic.^[1]

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading^?	xafa
Dari reading^?	xafa
Iranian reading^?	xafe
Tajik reading^?	xafa

Adjective

خفه • (xafe)

strangled, choked, suffocated
(by extension, of a room, place) stuffy, suffocating; toxic
(figurative, of a person) gloomy, despondent

Derived terms

خفه شدن (xafe šodan, “to be suffocating, suffocate”)
خفه کردن (xafe kardan, “to suffocate, choke”)

Descendants

→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਖਫ਼ਾ (khafā)

Shahmukhi script: خفا (xafā)

References

^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 440

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