قفلی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قُفْل (qufl).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /quf.ˈliː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qʊf.liː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qʊf.liː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [quf.li]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qof.liː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [quf.li]

Readings
Classical reading^?	quflī
Dari reading^?	quflī
Iranian reading^?	ġofli
Tajik reading^?	qufli

Noun

قفلی • (quflī)

mould

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: क़ुल्फ़ी (qulfī)

Urdu: قُلفِی (qulfī)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਕ਼ੁਲਫ਼ੀ (qulfī)

Shahmukhi script: قُلفِی (qulfī)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “قفلی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul