माफ़ी

Hindi

Etymology

From earlier मुआफ़ी (muāfī), borrowed from Classical Persian (mu'āfī), from Arabic مُعَاف (muʕāf). Compare Nepali माफ (māph), Punjabi ਮਾਫ਼ੀ (māfī).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mɑː.fiː/, [mäː.fiː], /mɑː.pʰiː/, [mäː.pʰiː]

Noun

माफ़ी • (māfī) f (Urdu spelling معافی)

forgiveness, pardon
अब अपने पिता से माफ़ी माँग।
ab apne pitā se māfī māṅg.
Now go ask your father for forgiveness.

Declension

Declension of माफ़ी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	माफ़ी māfī	माफ़ियाँ māfiyā̃
oblique	माफ़ी māfī	माफ़ियों māfiyõ
vocative	माफ़ी māfī	माफ़ियो māfiyo

Derived terms

माफ़ी माँगना (māfī māṅgnā)

Related terms

माफ़ (māf)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “माफ़ी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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