گفتار

See also: کفتار

Persian

Etymology

Formed of گفتن (goftan, “to say, speak”) +‎ ـار (-âr).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɡʊf.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ɡʊf.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ɡuf.t̪ʰɔ́ːɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? guftār
Dari reading? guftār
Iranian reading? goftâr
Tajik reading? guftor

Noun
Dari گفتار
Iranian Persian
Tajik гуфтор

گفتار • (goftâr)

  1. speech

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گُفْتَار (guftār).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɡʊf.t̪ɑːɾ/
  • Audio (PK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

گُفْتار • (guftār) f (Hindi spelling गुफ़्तार)

  1. speech, discourse

Declension
Declension of گفتار
singular plural
direct گفتار (guftār) گفتاریں (guftārẽ)
oblique گفتار (guftār) گفتاروں (guftārõ)
vocative گفتار (guftār) گفتارو (guftāro)

Further reading
  • “گفتار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “گفتار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گفتار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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