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Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian (škwpk' /škōfag/, “flower, blossom”), from the verb škōf- (“to blossom”), whence modern شکفتن (šekoftan, “to blossom”).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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šukōfa, šikūfa
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| Dari reading?
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šukōfa, šikūfa
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| Iranian reading?
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šokufa, šekufe
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| Tajik reading?
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šuküfa, šikufa
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Noun
| Dari
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شکوفه
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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шукуфа
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شکوفه • (šokufe) (plural شکوفهها (šokufe-hâ))
- flower, blossom, bloom
- Synonym: گل (gol)
c. 1080, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, “Qaṣīda 78”, in دیوان ناصرخسرو [Dīvān of Nāṣir-i Khusraw]:بستان ز نو شکوفه چو گردون شد
تا نسترن به سان ثریا شد- bustān zi naw šikōfa čū gardūn šud
tā nastaran ba sān-i surayyā šud - Due to the new blossoms, the garden was like the sky,
As long as the wild roses were like the Pleiades.
Derived terms
- شکوفه دادن (šokufe dâdan, “to blossom, to bloom”)
- شکوفه شدن (šokufe šodan, “to blossom, to bloom”)
- شکوفه کردن (šokufe kardan, “to blossom, to bloom”)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “شکوفه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim