عفت

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See also: عقب

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ع ف ت (ʕ f t)
1 term

Pronunciation

Verb

عَفَتَ (ʕafata) I (non-past يَعْفِتُ (yaʕfitu), verbal noun عَفْت (ʕaft))

  1. to break by twisting, to wring, to break without severing, to mangle
  2. to speak Arabic with difficulty, to struggle with or mangle the language
Conjugation

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Etymology 2

Verb

عَفَتْ (ʕafat) (form I) /ʕa.fat/

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of عَفَا (ʕafā)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِفَّة (ʕiffa).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? iffat
Dari reading? iffat
Iranian reading? effat
Tajik reading? iffat

Noun

عفت (effat)

  1. chastity, abstinence, modesty
    Synonyms: عصمت (esmat), پاکدامنی (pâkdâmani)

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عفت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim