जफ़ा

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جفاء (jafā), from Arabic جَفَاء (jafāʔ).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.fɑː/, , /d͡ʒə.pʰɑː/,

Noun

जफ़ा • (jafā) f

  1. oppression, cruelty, iniquity
    • Brij Narayan Chakbast :
      उन्हें ये फ़िक्र है हर दम नई तर्ज़-ए-जफ़ा क्या है,
      हमें ये शौक़ है देखें सितम की इंतहा क्या है।
      unhẽ ye fikra hai har dam naī tarz-e-jafā kyā hai,
      hamẽ ye śauq hai dekhẽ sitam kī inthā kyā hai.
      Their worry is at every moment in devising a new mode of oppression,
      It is our pleasure in seeing what may be the limit of this tyranny.

Declension

Declension of जफ़ा (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct जफ़ा
jafā 		जफ़ाएँ
jafāẽ
oblique जफ़ा
jafā 		जफ़ाओं
jafāõ
vocative जफ़ा
jafā 		जफ़ाओ
jafāo

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