شیفته

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? šēfta
Dari reading? šēfta
Iranian reading? šifte
Tajik reading? šefta

Verb

شیفته • (šēfta / šifte)

  1. past participle of شیفتن (šēftan / šiftan)

Adjective

شیفته • (šēfta / šifte)

  1. enamored, charmed
    من شیفته این پسرم.
    man šifte-ye in pesar-am.
    I am in love with this guy.
  2. distraught (especially of love)
    • c. 1330, Awḥadī Marāğa'ī, “Ghazal 707”, in دیوان اوحدی [The Dīvān of Awḥadī]‎[1]:
      بر دل شیفته هجر تو جفاها کرده
      از تن سوخته مهر تو مهارت برده
      bar dil-i šēfta hajr-i tu jafā-hā karda
      az tan-i sōxta mihr-i tu mahārat burda
      Your departure wrought torment on the lovesick heart;
      Your affections brought [their] skill to the love-burnt body.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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