کفن
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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic كَفَن (kafan).
Pronunciation
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- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kafan |
| Dari reading? | kafan |
| Iranian reading? | kafan |
| Tajik reading? | kafan |
Noun
| Dari | کَفَن |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | кафан |
کَفَن • (kafan)
- shroud; wrapping of the dead
- c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of Siyāwush”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]:
- کسی کاو بود مهتر انجمن
کفن بهتر او را ز فرمان زن- kasē k-ō buwad mihtar-i anjuman
kafan bihtar ō rā zi farmān-i zan - For a person who is at the head of the warband,
The shroud is better than a woman's command.
- kasē k-ō buwad mihtar-i anjuman
Descendants
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “کفن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim