محفل

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Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ح ف ل (ḥ-f-l). Compare Arabic حَفَلَ (ḥafala, to gather, assemble).

Pronunciation

Noun

مَحْفِل (maḥfilm (plural مَحَافِل (maḥāfil))

  1. place or time of assembly, assembly, council, circle, quarter
    مَحْفِل صُوفِيّmaḥfil ṣūfiyySufi lodge
    مَحْفِل مَاسُونِيّmaḥfil māsūniyyMasonic lodge
  2. meeting, gathering, congregation

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَحْفِل (maḥfil, assembly, congregation), from the root ح ف ل (ḥ-f-l).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mahfil
Dari reading? mahfil
Iranian reading? mahfel
Tajik reading? mahfil

Noun

محفل (mahfel)

  1. circle
  2. coterie
  3. assembly

References

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَحْفِل (maḥfil, assembly, congregation), from the root ح ف ل (ḥ-f-l).

Pronunciation

Noun

محفل (mahfilm (Hindi spelling महफ़िल)

  1. assembly
  2. congregation
  3. gathering

References

  • John T. Platts (2012 November 9 (last accessed)) “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)