طرفین

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَرَفَيْن (ṭarafayn), dual of طَرَف (ṭaraf). By surface analysis, (taraf, “side”) +‎ (-eyn).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ta.ɾa.ˈfajn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾä.fǽjn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾä.fǽjn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾä.fǽjn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.ɹæ.féjn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾä.fǽjn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tarafayn
Dari reading^?	tarafayn
Iranian reading^?	tarafeyn
Tajik reading^?	tarafayn

Noun

طرفین • (tarafeyn)

the two parties (relating to a dispute, a case, a treaty, a negotiation, etc.)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “طرفین”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim