استعفا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِعْفَاء (istiʕfāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔis.tiʔ.ˈfaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰe̞ʔ.fɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰeː.fɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰeː.fɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰeʔ.fɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰeʔ.fɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	isti'fā
Dari reading^?	iste'fā
Iranian reading^?	este'fâ
Tajik reading^?	iste'fo

Noun

استعفا • (este'fâ)

resignation
(dated) asking forgiveness (e.g. from God)

Derived terms

استعفا دادن (este'fâ dâdan, “to resign”)
استعفا کردن (este'fâ kardan, “to resign”)

Descendants

→ Chagatai: استعفا
- Uyghur: ئىستېپا (istëpa)
- Uzbek: isteʼfo
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: इस्तीफ़ा (istīfā)

Urdu: اِسْتِعْفا (isti'fā)

Further reading

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “استعفا”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “استعفا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (isti'fā), borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِعْفَاء (istiʕfāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪs.t̪iː.fɑː/
Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

اِسْتِعْفا • (isti'fā) m (Hindi spelling इस्तीफ़ा)

resignation
اِسْتِعْفَا دینَا ― isti'fā denā ― to resign

References

“استعفا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“استعفا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.