شفقت
Arabic
Verb
شفقت (form I)
- شَفَقْتُ (šafaqtu) /ʃa.faq.tu/: first-person singular past active of شَفَقَ (šafaqa)
- شَفَقْتَ (šafaqta) /ʃa.faq.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of شَفَقَ (šafaqa)
- شَفَقْتِ (šafaqti) /ʃa.faq.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of شَفَقَ (šafaqa)
- شَفَقَتْ (šafaqat) /ʃa.fa.qat/: third-person feminine singular past active of شَفَقَ (šafaqa)
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَفَقَة (šafaqa).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʃa.fa.ˈqat/, /ʃaf.ˈqat/
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʃæ.fæ.ʁǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʃä.fä.qǽt̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | šafaqát, šafqát |
| Iranian reading? | šafaġat |
| Tajik reading? | šafaqat |
Noun
| Dari | شفقت |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | шафақат |
شفقت • (šafaqat)
- compassion, commiseration
- Synonyms: دلسوزی (delsuzi), رحم (rahm)
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 195:
- اگرچه شفقتست ای مرگ در خاکم مکن پنهان
مبادا گردم از بار غم آن دلستان فارغ- agarči šafqat ast ay marg dar xākam makun panhān
mabādā gardam az bār-i ġam-i ān dilsitān fāriġ - Although it is [out of] compassion, o Death, do not hide me under the earth!
God forbid that my remains should be released from the burden of grieving for that heart-snatching beauty.
- agarči šafqat ast ay marg dar xākam makun panhān
Descendants
- → Armenian: շաֆաղաթ (šafaġatʻ)
- → Urdu: شَفْقَت (śafqat)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “شفقت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شفقت (šafaqat), from Arabic شَفَقَة (šafaqa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃəf.qət̪/
- Rhymes: -ət̪
- Hyphenation: شَفْ‧قَت
Noun
شَفْقَت • (śafqat) f (Hindi spelling शफ़क़त)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | شَفْقَت (śafqat) | شَفْقَتیں (śafqatẽ) |
| oblique | شَفْقَت (śafqat) | شَفْقَتوں (śafqatõ) |
| vocative | شَفْقَت (śafqat) | شَفْقَتو (śafqato) |
References
- “شفقت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.