مدفون

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Arabic

Root
د ف ن (d f n)
4 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of دَفَنَ (dafana, to bury).

Pronunciation

Participle

مَدْفُون (madfūn) (feminine مَدْفُونَة (madfūna), masculine plural مَدْفُونُون (madfūnūn), feminine plural مَدْفُونَات (madfūnāt))

  1. passive participle of دَفَنَ (dafana) buried

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: mədfun
  • Persian: مدفون (madfūn)
  • Ottoman Turkish: مدفون

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَدْفُون (madfūn), from the verb دَفَنَ (dafana).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? maḏfūn
Dari reading? madfūn
Iranian reading? madfun
Tajik reading? madfun

Adjective

مدفون (madfun)

  1. buried
    کشتی در اعماق 20 متری آب مدفون شده است
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَدْفُون (madfūn), from Arabic مَدْفُون (madfūn).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَدْفُون (madfūn) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मदफ़ून)

  1. buried
  2. interred (of treasure)
  3. concealed; hidden

See also

Further reading

  • مدفون”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مدفون”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “مدفون”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “مدفون”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “مدفون”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC