افطار
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).
Noun
افطار • (iftar)
Descendants
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔif.ˈtaːɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪf.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔef.t̪ʰɒ́ːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔif.t̪ʰɔ́ɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | iftār |
| Dari reading? | iftār |
| Iranian reading? | eftâr |
| Tajik reading? | iftor |
- Rhymes: -ɑːr
Noun
| Dari | افطار |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ифтор |
افطار • (eftâr)
Descendants
- → Gujarati: ઇફતાર (iphatār)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian افطار (iftār), from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪf.t̪ɑːɾ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
- Hyphenation: اِف‧طار
Noun
اِفْطار • (iftār) m (Hindi spelling इफ़्तार)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اِفْطار (ift̤ār) | اِفْطار (ift̤ār) |
| oblique | اِفْطار (ift̤ār) | اِفْطاروں (ift̤ārõ) |
| vocative | اِفْطار (ift̤ār) | اِفْطارو (ift̤āro) |
Further reading
- “افطار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “افطار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “افطار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.