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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic كَثِيف (kaṯīf).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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kasīf
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Dari reading?
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kasīf
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Iranian reading?
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kasif
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Tajik reading?
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kasif
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Adjective
Dari
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چتل
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Iranian Persian
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کثیف
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Tajik
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ифлос
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کثیف • (kasif) (comparative کثیفتَر (kasif-tar), superlative کثیفتَرین (kasif-tarin))
- dirty, unclean
- Synonym: چرکین (čerkin)
- Antonym: تمیز (tamiz)
c. 1080, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, “Qaṣīda 191”, in دیوان ناصرخسرو:تا نشناسی تو لطیف از کثیف
ماندهای اندر قفس آهنین- tā na-šināsī tu latīf az kasīf
mānda'ī andar qafas-i āhanīn - As long as you do not tell apart the elegant from the filthy,
You will remain in the iron cage.
Derived terms
- کثیفی (kasifi, “dirtiness”)