نفاق

Arabic

Noun

نَفَاق • (nafāq) m

verbal noun of نَفَقَ (nafaqa) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun نَفَاق (nafāq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَفَاق nafāq	النَّفَاق an-nafāq	نَفَاق nafāq
Nominative	نَفَاقٌ nafāqun	النَّفَاقُ an-nafāqu	نَفَاقُ nafāqu
Accusative	نَفَاقًا nafāqan	النَّفَاقَ an-nafāqa	نَفَاقَ nafāqa
Genitive	نَفَاقٍ nafāqin	النَّفَاقِ an-nafāqi	نَفَاقِ nafāqi

Noun

نِفَاق • (nifāq) m

verbal noun of نَافَقَ (nāfaqa) (form III)
hypocrisy

Declension

Declension of noun نِفَاق (nifāq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نِفَاق nifāq	النِّفَاق an-nifāq	نِفَاق nifāq
Nominative	نِفَاقٌ nifāqun	النِّفَاقُ an-nifāqu	نِفَاقُ nifāqu
Accusative	نِفَاقًا nifāqan	النِّفَاقَ an-nifāqa	نِفَاقَ nifāqa
Genitive	نِفَاقٍ nifāqin	النِّفَاقِ an-nifāqi	نِفَاقِ nifāqi

Descendants

Gulf Arabic: نفاق (nifāq)

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

Root
ن ف ق
3 terms

From Arabic نِفَاق (nifāq).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɪˈfaːq/

Noun

نِفاق • (nifāq) m

hypocrisy

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نِفَاق (nifāq)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ni.fɑːq]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɪ.fɑːq]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɪ.fɑːq]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.fɔːq]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ne.fɒːɢ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.fɔq]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nifāq
Dari reading^?	nifāq
Iranian reading^?	nefâğ
Tajik reading^?	nifoq

Noun


Iranian Persian	نفاق
Dari	نفاق
Tajik	нифоқ

نفاق • (nifāq)

discord
hypocrisy
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3533:
  واگشایم هفت سوراخ نفاق
  در ضیای ماه بی‌‌خسف و محاق
  wāgušāyam haft sūrax-i-nifāq
  dar ziyā-i-māh bē-xasf u mahāq
  I will lay bare the seven rifts (sins) of hypocrisy
  in the light of the moon that suffers no eclipse or waning.

References

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَفَاق (nafāq).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nə.fɑːq/
Rhymes: -ɑːq

Noun

نفاق • (nafāq) m (Hindi spelling नफ़ाक़)

schism
(Christianity) great schism (east–west schism)
نفاق عظیم ― nafāq 'azim ― great schism

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