ضیافت
Kohistani Shina
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic ضِيافة (ḍiyāfa, “hospitality”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ضیافت (zīyāfat)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic ضِيَافَة (ḍiyāfa, “hospitality”).
Noun
ضیافت • (ziyâfet or zıyâfet) (definite accusative ضیافتی (ziyâfeti), plural ضیافتلر (ziyâfetler))
- banquet, feast, any large and lavish meal, often of a ceremonial nature
- Synonym: طوی (toy, doy)
- 1909 February 11, “روسلر و عثمانلیلر [Russians and Ottomans]”, in Tanin:
- روسیه مجلس مبعوثاننده اوقتوبریست فرقه‌سی رئیسی موسیو غوچقوفه اولكی اقشام پراپالاسده اتحاد وترقی جمعیتی طرفندن بر ضیافت كشیده اولمشدر.
- Rusya meclis mebusanında oktobrist fırkası reisi mosyo Guçkof'a evvelki akşam Pera Palas'ta İttihad ve Terraki Cemiyeti tarafından bir ziyafet keşide olmuştır.
- A party was held last night by the CUP at the Pera Palace for the Russian parliament's Octobrist party leader Mr. Guchkov.
- dinner party, guestmeal, a meal at which guests eat in the host's home
Usage notes
- When the event is for somebody, the person's name is in the dative case.
Derived terms
- ضیافت ایتمك (ziyafet etmek, “to give a feast”)
- ضیافت ویرمك (ziyafet virmek, “to give a feast”)
- ضیافتجی (ziyafetci, “banqueter”)
- ضیافتلو (ziyafetli, “accompanied by a feast”)
Descendants
- Turkish: ziyafet
- → Albanian: zijafét
- → Armenian: զիյաֆէթ (ziyafētʻ)
- → Crimean Tatar: ziyafet
- → Romanian: zaiafet
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ziyafet1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5492
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “ziyâfet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1431
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ضیافت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 786b
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Convivium”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 282
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ضیافت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 3058
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ziyafet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ضیافت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1216
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic ضِيافة (ḍiyāfa, “hospitality”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /zi.jaː.ˈfat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [zi.jɑː.fǽt̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zi.jɒː.fǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zi.jɔ.fǽt̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ziyāfat |
| Dari reading? | ziyāfat |
| Iranian reading? | ziyâfat |
| Tajik reading? | ziyofat |
Noun
| Dari | ضیافت |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | зиёфат |
ضیافت • (ziâfat)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ضیافت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ضیافت (ziyāfat), from Arabic ضِيافة (ḍiyāfa, “hospitality”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zjɑː.fət̪/
Noun
ضیافَت • (zyāfat) ? (Hindi spelling ज़ियाफ़त)