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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic وَفَاة (wafāh).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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wafāt
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| Dari reading?
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wafāt
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| Iranian reading?
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vafât
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| Tajik reading?
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vafot
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Noun
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وفات
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вафот
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وفات • (vafât)
- death
- Synonyms: مرگ (marg), فوت (fowt)
early 1500s, Hilālī, “Ghazal 44”, in دیوان هلالی جغتایی:چند گویی ز سر ناز که جان ده بوفا؟
جان من کار دگر نیست مرا غیر وفات- čand gūyī zi sar-i nāz ki jān dah ba wafā?
jān-i man kār-i digar nēst ma-rā ğayr-i wafāt - How long will you say with full coyness, "Give up your life to loyalty ?"
For my life is nothing else to me than death.
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian وَفَات (wafāt), from Arabic وَفَاة (wafāh).
Pronunciation
Noun
وَفات • (vafāt) f (Hindi spelling वफ़ात)
- death, decease, demise
- Synonyms: فوت (faut), مرگ (marg), موت (maut)
Derived terms