تلفظ

Arabic

Root
ل ف ظ (l f ẓ)
5 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta.laf.fa.ðˤa/

Verb

تَلَفَّظَ • (talaffaẓa) V (non-past يَتَلَفَّظُ (yatalaffaẓu), verbal noun تَلَفُّظ (talaffuẓ))

to articulate, to enunciate

Conjugation

Conjugation of **تَلَفَّظَ** (V, sound, no passive (?), verbal noun **تَلَفُّظ**)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					تَلَفُّظ talaffuẓ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					مُتَلَفِّظ mutalaffiẓ
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تَلَفَّظْتُ talaffaẓtu	تَلَفَّظْتَ talaffaẓta	تَلَفَّظَ talaffaẓa	تَلَفَّظْتُمَا talaffaẓtumā	تَلَفَّظَا talaffaẓā	تَلَفَّظْنَا talaffaẓnā	تَلَفَّظْتُمْ talaffaẓtum	تَلَفَّظُوا talaffaẓū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	تَلَفَّظْتُ talaffaẓtu	تَلَفَّظْتِ talaffaẓti	تَلَفَّظَتْ talaffaẓat	تَلَفَّظْتُمَا talaffaẓtumā	تَلَفَّظَتَا talaffaẓatā	تَلَفَّظْنَا talaffaẓnā	تَلَفَّظْتُنَّ talaffaẓtunna	تَلَفَّظْنَ talaffaẓna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَتَلَفَّظُ ʔatalaffaẓu	تَتَلَفَّظُ tatalaffaẓu	يَتَلَفَّظُ yatalaffaẓu	تَتَلَفَّظَانِ tatalaffaẓāni	يَتَلَفَّظَانِ yatalaffaẓāni	نَتَلَفَّظُ natalaffaẓu	تَتَلَفَّظُونَ tatalaffaẓūna	يَتَلَفَّظُونَ yatalaffaẓūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَتَلَفَّظُ ʔatalaffaẓu	تَتَلَفَّظِينَ tatalaffaẓīna	تَتَلَفَّظُ tatalaffaẓu	تَتَلَفَّظَانِ tatalaffaẓāni	تَتَلَفَّظَانِ tatalaffaẓāni	نَتَلَفَّظُ natalaffaẓu	تَتَلَفَّظْنَ tatalaffaẓna	يَتَلَفَّظْنَ yatalaffaẓna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَتَلَفَّظَ ʔatalaffaẓa	تَتَلَفَّظَ tatalaffaẓa	يَتَلَفَّظَ yatalaffaẓa	تَتَلَفَّظَا tatalaffaẓā	يَتَلَفَّظَا yatalaffaẓā	نَتَلَفَّظَ natalaffaẓa	تَتَلَفَّظُوا tatalaffaẓū	يَتَلَفَّظُوا yatalaffaẓū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَتَلَفَّظَ ʔatalaffaẓa	تَتَلَفَّظِي tatalaffaẓī	تَتَلَفَّظَ tatalaffaẓa	تَتَلَفَّظَا tatalaffaẓā	تَتَلَفَّظَا tatalaffaẓā	نَتَلَفَّظَ natalaffaẓa	تَتَلَفَّظْنَ tatalaffaẓna	يَتَلَفَّظْنَ yatalaffaẓna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَتَلَفَّظْ ʔatalaffaẓ	تَتَلَفَّظْ tatalaffaẓ	يَتَلَفَّظْ yatalaffaẓ	تَتَلَفَّظَا tatalaffaẓā	يَتَلَفَّظَا yatalaffaẓā	نَتَلَفَّظْ natalaffaẓ	تَتَلَفَّظُوا tatalaffaẓū	يَتَلَفَّظُوا yatalaffaẓū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَتَلَفَّظْ ʔatalaffaẓ	تَتَلَفَّظِي tatalaffaẓī	تَتَلَفَّظْ tatalaffaẓ	تَتَلَفَّظَا tatalaffaẓā	تَتَلَفَّظَا tatalaffaẓā	نَتَلَفَّظْ natalaffaẓ	تَتَلَفَّظْنَ tatalaffaẓna	يَتَلَفَّظْنَ yatalaffaẓna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		تَلَفَّظْ talaffaẓ		تَلَفَّظَا talaffaẓā			تَلَفَّظُوا talaffaẓū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		تَلَفَّظِي talaffaẓī		تَلَفَّظَا talaffaẓā			تَلَفَّظْنَ talaffaẓna

Etymology 2

Verbal noun of تَلَفَّظَ (talaffaẓa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta.laf.fuðˤ/

Noun

تَلَفُّظ • (talaffuẓ) m

pronunciation; enunciation; articulation

Declension

Declension of noun **تَلَفُّظ** (talaffuẓ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تَلَفُّظ talaffuẓ	التَّلَفُّظ at-talaffuẓ	تَلَفُّظ talaffuẓ
nominative	تَلَفُّظٌ talaffuẓun	التَّلَفُّظُ at-talaffuẓu	تَلَفُّظُ talaffuẓu
accusative	تَلَفُّظًا talaffuẓan	التَّلَفُّظَ at-talaffuẓa	تَلَفُّظَ talaffuẓa
genitive	تَلَفُّظٍ talaffuẓin	التَّلَفُّظِ at-talaffuẓi	تَلَفُّظِ talaffuẓi

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: tələffüz
→ Classical Persian: تَلَفُّظ (talaffuz)
→ Northern Kurdish: telafûz
→ Pashto: تلفظ (talaffoz)
→ Ottoman Turkish: تلفظ (telaffuz)
- → Turkish: telaffuz
→ Urdu: تَلَفُّظ (talaffuz)
→ Uyghur: تەلەپپۇز (teleppuz)
→ Uzbek: talaffuz

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “لفظ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَلَفُّظ (talaffuẓ).

Noun

تلفظ • (talaffoz) m

pronunciation

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَلَفُّظ (talaffuẓ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ta.laf.ˈfuz/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.läf.fʊz]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.läf.fʊz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.läf.fuz]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.læf.foz]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.läf.fuz]

Readings
Classical reading^?	talaffuẓ
Dari reading^?	talaffuẓ
Iranian reading^?	talaffoẓ
Tajik reading^?	talaffuẓ

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun

تلفظ • (talaffuz / talaffoz) (Tajik spelling талаффуз)

pronunciation
Synonym: آوایِش (âvâyeš)

Derived terms

تلفظ کردن (talaffuz kardan / talaffoz kardan, “to pronounce”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (talaffuz), from Arabic تَلَفُّظ (talaffuẓ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ləf.fʊz/

Noun

تَلَفُّظ • (talaffuz) m (Hindi spelling तलफ़्फ़ुज़)

pronunciation

Declension

Declension of **تلفظ**
	singular	plural
direct	تلفظ (talaffuz)	تلفظ (talaffuz)
oblique	تلفظ (talaffuz)	تلفظوں (talaffuzõ)
vocative	تلفظ (talaffuz)	تلفظو (talaffuzo)