عفت

See also: عقب

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ع ف ت (ʕ-f-t)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.fa.ta/

Verb

عَفَتَ • (ʕafata) I, non-past يَعْفِتُ‎ (yaʕfitu)

  1. to break by twisting, to wring, to break without severing, to mangle
  2. to speak Arabic with difficulty, to struggle with or mangle the language
Conjugation

References

Verb

عَفَتْ • (ʕafat) (form I)

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of عَفَا (ʕafā)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عِفَّة (ʕiffa).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪf.fät̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪf.fät̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔif.fät̪]

Readings
Classical reading? iffat
Dari reading? iffat
Iranian reading? effat
Tajik reading? iffat

Noun

عفت • ('effat)

  1. chastity, abstinence, modesty
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