نفاق

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Arabic

Noun

نَفَاق • (nafāq) m

  1. verbal noun of نَفَقَ (nafaqa) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun نَفَاق (nafāq)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal نَفَاق
nafāq 		النَّفَاق
an-nafāq 		نَفَاق
nafāq
nominative نَفَاقٌ
nafāqun 		النَّفَاقُ
an-nafāqu 		نَفَاقُ
nafāqu
accusative نَفَاقًا
nafāqan 		النَّفَاقَ
an-nafāqa 		نَفَاقَ
nafāqa
genitive نَفَاقٍ
nafāqin 		النَّفَاقِ
an-nafāqi 		نَفَاقِ
nafāqi

Noun

نِفَاق • (nifāq) m

  1. verbal noun of نَافَقَ (nāfaqa) (form III)
  2. hypocrisy

Declension

Declension of noun نِفَاق (nifāq)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal نِفَاق
nifāq 		النِّفَاق
an-nifāq 		نِفَاق
nifāq
nominative نِفَاقٌ
nifāqun 		النِّفَاقُ
an-nifāqu 		نِفَاقُ
nifāqu
accusative نِفَاقًا
nifāqan 		النِّفَاقَ
an-nifāqa 		نِفَاقَ
nifāqa
genitive نِفَاقٍ
nifāqin 		النِّفَاقِ
an-nifāqi 		نِفَاقِ
nifāqi

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: نفاق (nifāq)

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

Root
ن ف ق
3 terms

From Arabic نِفَاق (nifāq).

Pronunciation

Noun

نِفاق • (nifāq) m

  1. hypocrisy

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نِفَاق (nifāq)

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? nifāq
Dari reading? nifāq
Iranian reading? nefâġ
Tajik reading? nifoq

Noun

Dari نفاق
Iranian Persian
Tajik нифоқ

نفاق • (nifāq)

  1. discord
  2. hypocrisy
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی , volume I, verse 3533:
      واگشایم هفت سوراخ نفاق
      در ضیای ماه بی‌‌خسف و محاق
      wāgušāyam haft sūrax-i-nifāq
      dar ziyā-i-māh bē-xasf u mahāq
      I will lay bare the seven rifts (sins) of hypocrisy
      in the light of the moon that suffers no eclipse or waning.

References

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَفَاق (nafāq).

Pronunciation

Noun

نفاق • (nafāq) m (Hindi spelling नफ़ाक़)

  1. schism
  2. (Christianity) great schism (east–west schism)
    نفاق عظیم ― nafāq 'azim ― great schism
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