نفت

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See also: نقب, تفت, ثقب, and ث ق ب

Arabic

Verb

نَفَتْ • (nafat) (form I) /na.fat/

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of نَفَا (nafā) and نَفَى (nafā)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian نفت (naft).

Noun

نفت • (neft)

  1. naphtha, petroleum, rock oil
  2. spirit of turpentine (while “oil of turpentine” according to historical dogmatics is followed by یاغی (yağı) or preceded by روغن (revğan-ı, ruğan-ı))
  3. a flammable mix used in war such as Greek fire

Descendants

Persian

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Etymology

From Middle Persian (npt' /⁠naft⁠/, “moist, damp; naphtha”), from Old Persian *naftah (“naphtha”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? naft
Dari reading? naft
Iranian reading? naft
Tajik reading? naft
  • Audio (Iran):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aft

Noun

Dari نفت
Iranian Persian
Tajik нафт

نفت • (naft) (plural نفت‌ها (naft-hâ))

  1. petroleum, oil
    Synonym: نفت خام (naft-e xâm)
  2. kerosene (US), paraffin (UK)
    Synonyms: نفت سفید (naft-e sefid), نفت چراغ (naft-e čerâğ)
  3. (obsolete) a flammable mix used in war such as Greek fire
    نفت‌انداز
    naft-andâz
    somebody who throws Greek fire in war

Inflection

    Enclitic-attached forms of نفت (naft) (Iranian Persian)
    Basic forms of نفت (naft)
singular plural
bare نفت
(naft) 		نفت‌ها
(naft-hấ)
نفتا △
(naftấ)
definitive direct object نفت را
(naft râ)
نفت رو △
(nafto) 		نفت‌ها را
(naft-hấ râ)
نفتا رو △
(naftấ ro)
ezâfe نفت
(naft-e) 		نفت‌های
(naft-hấ-ye)
نفتای △
(naftấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite 		نفتی
(naft-i) 		نفت‌هایی
(naftấn-i, naft-hấ-i)
نفتایی △
(naftấi)
△ Colloquial.
    Possessive forms of نفت (naft)
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”) 		نفتم
(naftam) 		نفت‌هایم
(naft-hấyam)
نفت‌هام، نفتام △
(naftấm)
2nd person singular
(“your”) 		نفتت
(naftat)
△
(naftet) 		نفت‌هایت
(naft-hấyat)
نفت‌هات، نفتات △
(naftất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”) 		نفتش
(naftaš)
△
(nafteš) 		نفت‌هایش
(naft-hấyaš)
نفت‌هاش، نفتاش △
(naftấš)
1st plural
(“our”) 		نفتمان
(naftemân)
نفتمون △
(naftemun) 		نفت‌هایمان
(naft-hấyemân)
نفت‌هامون، نفتامون △
(naftấmun)
2nd plural
(“your”) 		نفتتان
(naftetân)
نفتتون △
(naftetun) 		نفت‌هایتان
(naft-hấyetân)
نفت‌هاتون، نفتاتون △
(naftấtun)
3rd plural
(“their”) 		نفتشان
(naftešân)
نفتشون △
(naftešun) 		نفت‌هایشان
(naft-hấyešân)
نفت‌هاشون، نفتاشون △
(naftấšun)
△ Colloquial.
    Predicative forms of نفت (naft)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”) 		نفتم
(naftam) 		نفتیم
(naftim)
2nd person
(“you are”) 		نفتی
(nafti) 		نفتید
(naftid)
نفتین △
(naftin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”) 		نفت است
(naft ast)
نفته △
(nafte) 		نفتند
(naftand)
نفتن △
(naftan)
△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “نفت”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1332a

Urdu

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Etymology

From Classical Persian نفت, from Middle Persian (npt' /⁠naft⁠/, “moist, damp; naphtha”), from Old Persian *naftah (“naphtha”).

Noun

نفت • (transliteration needed) ? (Hindi spelling नफ़त)

  1. petroleum
  2. fuel, fuel oil
  3. naphta

References

  • “نفت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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