شفاهی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شِفَاهِيّ (šifāhiyy).

Pronunciation

  • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʃæ.fɒː.ɦíː], [ʃe.fɒː.ɦíː]

Readings
Classical reading? šifāhī
Iranian reading? šafâhi, šefâhi

Adjective

شفاهی • (šafâhi)

  1. oral, spoken
    سنت شفاهیsonnat-e šafâhioral tradition

Further reading