صفا

Arabic

Root
ص ف و (ṣ-f-w)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤa.faː/

Verb

صَفَا • (ṣafā) I, non-past يَصْفُو‎ (yaṣfū)

  1. to be pure, be clear, be serene
    يَصْفُو ٱلْجَوُّ فِي ٱلصَّيْفِyaṣfū l-jawwu fī ṣ-ṣayfiThe weather becomes clear in the summer.
  2. to be pure of heart
  3. to take the best part of
  4. to remain as a clear gain

Conjugation

  • صَفْو (ṣafw, clarity, purity)
  • صِفْوَة (ṣifwa, a sincere friend)
  • صَفَاء (ṣafāʔ, righteousness, sincerity)

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَفَاء (ṣafāʔ).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sä.fɑː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [sä.fɑː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [sä.fɔː]

Readings
Classical reading? safā
Dari reading? safā
Iranian reading? safâ
Tajik reading? safo

Noun

Dari صَفا
Iranian Persian
Tajik сафо

صفا • (safâ)

  1. purity, clearness
  2. enjoyment, pleasure, delight
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2548:
      من بگفته پند شد بند از جفا / شیر پند از مهر جوشد وز صفا
      man biguftah pand šud band az jafâ / šer-i-pand az mihr jošad waz safâ
      I said, ‘Counsel is barred by ill-treatment: the milk of counsel gushes forth from love and joy
      (romanization in Classical Persian).

References

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “صفا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu صاف (sāf).

Adjective

صفا (saffā)

  1. clean, neat
  2. clear
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