ضعیف
See also: ضعيف
Kohistani Shina
Ottoman Turkish
Descendants
- Turkish: zayıf
- → Armenian: զայիֆ (zayif)
Persian
Pronunciation
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- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [za.ʔiːf]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [zä.ʔiːf]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [zä.jiːf]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [zä.jif]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zæ.ʔiːf]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zä.ʔif]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | za'īf |
Dari reading? | za'īf |
Iranian reading? | za'if |
Tajik reading? | zaʾif |
Adjective
Dari | ضعیف |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | заъиф |
ضعیف • (za'if) (comparative ضعیفتَر (za'if-tar), superlative ضعیفتَرین (za'if-tarin))
- weak, feeble
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 3098:
- چون همه اوصاف و اجزا شد نحیف / خویشتنداری و صبرت شد ضعیف
- čon hame owsâf o ajzâ šod nahif / xištan-dâri o sabr-at šod za'if
- Since all the functions and parts [of your body] are atrophied, your self-control and patience have become weak.
- thin, weakly
- Synonym: لاغر (lâğar)
- poor (of low quality), defective
Inflection
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