وظیفه

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَظِيفَة (waẓīfa).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? wazīfa
Dari reading? wazīfa
Iranian reading? vazife
Tajik reading? vazifa

Noun

Dari وظیفه
Iranian Persian
Tajik вазифа

وظیفه • (vazife) (plural وظایف (vazâyef) or وظیفه‌ها (vazife-hâ))

  1. duty, obligation; task
    وظیفه‌‌ای که به او داده شده بود را نتوانست درست انجام دهد.
    vazife'i ke be u dâde šode bud râ na-tavânest dorost anjâm dehad.
    He was unable to do the task that was given to him.
    • c. 1250s, Rumi, “Ghazal 2050”, in دیوان شمس تبریزی [Divan-i Shams-i Tabrizi]‎:
      ما را وظیفه‌هاست ز لطف تو صد هزار
      درمانده گشت دل که چه گوید کدام کن
      mā rā wazīfa-hā-st zi luft-i tu sad hazār
      darmānda gašt dil ki či gūyad kodām kun
      I have a hundred thousand duties for the sake of your favor,
      And the heart has turned desperate; what can it say? What can it do?
      (Classical transliteration)
  2. pension, stipend

Derived terms

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