شکوفه

Persian

Alternative forms

شگوفه

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (škwpk' /⁠škōfag⁠/, “flower, blossom”), from the verb škōf- (“to blossom”), whence modern (šekoftan, “to blossom”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃu.koː.ˈfa/, /ʃi.kuː.ˈfa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.kʰoː.fǽ], [ʃɪ.kʰuː.fǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.kʰoː.fǽ], [ʃɪ.kʰuː.fǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃu.kʰʊː.fǽ], [ʃu.kʰu.fǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃo.kʰuː.fé], [ʃe.kʰuː.fé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃu.kʰɵ.fǽ], [ʃi.kʰu.fǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šukōfá, šikūfá
Dari reading^?	šukōfa, šikūfa
Iranian reading^?	šokufa, šekufe
Tajik reading^?	šuküfa, šikufa

Noun


Iranian Persian	شکوفه
Dari	شکوفه
Tajik	шукуфа

شکوفه • (šokufe) (plural شکوفه‌ها)

flower, blossom, bloom
Synonym: گل (gol)
- c. 1080, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, “Qaṣīda 78”, in دیوان ناصرخسرو [Dīvān of Nāṣir-i Khusraw]‎^[1]:
  بستان ز نو شکوفه چو گردون شد
  تا نسترن به سان ثریا شد
  bustān zi naw šikōfa čū gardūn šud
  tā nastaran ba sān-i surayyā šud
  Due to the new blossoms, the garden was like the [night] sky,
  As long as the wild roses were like the Pleiades.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

شکوفه دادن (šokufe dâdan, “to blossom, to bloom”)
شکوفه شدن (šokufe šodan, “to blossom, to bloom”)
شکوفه کردن (šokufe kardan, “to blossom, to bloom”)