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Arabic
Etymology
Adverbial accusative of لُطْف (luṭf, “kindness”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
لُطْفًا • (luṭfan)
- kindly, please
Descendants
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic لُطْفًا (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of لُطْف (luṭf).
Adverb
لطفا • (lütfen)
- as a favor, as a kindness
Descendants
References
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic لُطْفًا (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of Arabic لُطْف (luṭf, “kindness”). By surface analysis, لطف (lotf, “kindness”) + ـاً (-an).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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lutfan
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| Dari reading?
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lutfan
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| Iranian reading?
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lotfan
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| Tajik reading?
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lutfan
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Adverb
| Dari
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لطفا
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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лутфан
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لطفا • (lotfan)
- kindly
Interjection
| Dari
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لطفا
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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лутфан
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لطفا • (lotfan)
- please
- لُطْفاً بِیا داخِل ― lotfan biyâ dâxel ― please come in
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic لُطْفًا (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of لُطْف (luṭf).
Pronunciation
Interjection
لُطْفاً • (lutfan) (Hindi spelling लुत्फ़न)
- please
لُطْفاً، اَپْنی دَوا وَقْت پَر لِیجِیے- lutfan, apnī davā vaqt par lījiye
- Take your medicine on time, please
Adverb
لُطْفاً • (lutfan) (Hindi spelling लुत्फ़न)
- kindly
References
- “لطفا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.