غفلة

Arabic

Root
غ ف ل (ḡ-f-l)

Etymology 1

Instance noun from the verb غَفَلَ (ḡafala, to become heedless).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣaf.la/

Noun

غَفْلَة • (ḡafla) f (plural غَفْلَات (ḡaflāt) or غَفَلَات (ḡafalāt))

  1. neglect
  2. carelessness, heedlessness
    فِي غَفْلَةfī ḡaflain heedlessness, heedlessly
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 21:1:
      ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍۢ مُّعْرِضُونَ
      The time of people’s judgment has drawn near, yet they are heedlessly turning away.
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: qəflət
  • Indonesian: gaflat
  • Classical Persian: غفلت (ġaflat)
    • Ahirani: गफलत (gaphlat)
    • Dogri: ġaflat
      Devanagari script: ग़फ़लत
      Dogra script: 𑠌𑠺𑠟𑠺𑠥𑠙
    • Gojri: غفلت (ġaflat)
    • Gujarati: ગફલત (gaphlat)
    • Hindustani: ġaflat
      Hindi: ग़फ़लत
      Urdu: غَفْلَت (ġaflat)
    • Maithili: gaphlati
      Devanagari script: गफलति
      Tirhuta script: 𑒑𑒤𑒪𑒞𑒱
    • Malvi: गफलत (gaphlat)
    • Marathi: गफलत (gaphlat)
    • Nepali: गफलत (gaphalat)
    • Odia: ଗଫଲତ (gôphôlôtô)
    • Punjabi: ġaflat
      Gurmukhi script: ਗ਼ਫ਼ਲਤ
      Shahmukhi script: غَفلَت
    • Sindhi: ġafilata
      Arabic script: غَفِلَتَ
      Devanagari script: ग़फ़िलत
      Khudawadi script: 𑊼𑋩𑋓𑋩𑋡𑋚𑋍
  • Northern Kurdish: xeflet
  • Ottoman Turkish: غفلت (ġaflet)
    > Turkish: gaflet (inherited)
  • Swahili: ghafla
  • Uyghur: غەپلەت (gheplet)
  • Uzbek: gʻaflat

Etymology 2

Adverbial accusative of غَفْلَة (ḡafla, heedlessness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣaf.la.tan/

Adverb

غَفْلَةً • (ḡaflatan)

  1. suddenly, surprisingly, unexpectedly
    Synonym: بَغْتَةً (baḡtatan)
    يَأْتِي المَوْتُ غَفْلَةًyaʔtī l-mawtu ḡaflatanDeath comes unexpectedly
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: qəflətən
  • Ottoman Turkish: غفلة
    • Turkish: gafleten
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