اسف

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَسَف (ʔasaf).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔa.ˈsaf/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽf]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽf]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽf]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.sǽf]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽf]

Readings
Classical reading^?	asaf
Dari reading^?	asaf
Iranian reading^?	asaf
Tajik reading^?	asaf

Noun

اسف • (asaf) (Tajik spelling асаф)

sorrow, grief
Synonyms: غم (ġam), اندوه (anduh), غصه (ġosse), حزن (hozn)

Further reading

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