مدفون

Arabic

Root
د ف ن (d f n)
5 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of دَفَنَ (dafana, to bury).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mad.fuːn/
  • Rhymes: -uːn

Participle

مَدْفُون • (madfūn) (feminine مَدْفُونَة (madfūna), masculine plural مَدْفُونُون (madfūnūn), feminine plural مَدْفُونَات (madfūnāt))

  1. passive participle of دَفَنَ (dafana) buried

Declension

Declension of adjective مَدْفُون (madfūn)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct indefinite definite construct
informal مَدْفُون
madfūn
الْمَدْفُون
al-madfūn
مَدْفُون
madfūn
مَدْفُونَة
madfūna
الْمَدْفُونَة
al-madfūna
مَدْفُونَة
madfūnat
nominative مَدْفُونٌ
madfūnun
الْمَدْفُونُ
al-madfūnu
مَدْفُونُ
madfūnu
مَدْفُونَةٌ
madfūnatun
الْمَدْفُونَةُ
al-madfūnatu
مَدْفُونَةُ
madfūnatu
accusative مَدْفُونًا
madfūnan
الْمَدْفُونَ
al-madfūna
مَدْفُونَ
madfūna
مَدْفُونَةً
madfūnatan
الْمَدْفُونَةَ
al-madfūnata
مَدْفُونَةَ
madfūnata
genitive مَدْفُونٍ
madfūnin
الْمَدْفُونِ
al-madfūni
مَدْفُونِ
madfūni
مَدْفُونَةٍ
madfūnatin
الْمَدْفُونَةِ
al-madfūnati
مَدْفُونَةِ
madfūnati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite construct indefinite definite construct
informal مَدْفُونَيْن
madfūnayn
الْمَدْفُونَيْن
al-madfūnayn
مَدْفُونَيْ
madfūnay
مَدْفُونَتَيْن
madfūnatayn
الْمَدْفُونَتَيْن
al-madfūnatayn
مَدْفُونَتَيْ
madfūnatay
nominative مَدْفُونَانِ
madfūnāni
الْمَدْفُونَانِ
al-madfūnāni
مَدْفُونَا
madfūnā
مَدْفُونَتَانِ
madfūnatāni
الْمَدْفُونَتَانِ
al-madfūnatāni
مَدْفُونَتَا
madfūnatā
accusative مَدْفُونَيْنِ
madfūnayni
الْمَدْفُونَيْنِ
al-madfūnayni
مَدْفُونَيْ
madfūnay
مَدْفُونَتَيْنِ
madfūnatayni
الْمَدْفُونَتَيْنِ
al-madfūnatayni
مَدْفُونَتَيْ
madfūnatay
genitive مَدْفُونَيْنِ
madfūnayni
الْمَدْفُونَيْنِ
al-madfūnayni
مَدْفُونَيْ
madfūnay
مَدْفُونَتَيْنِ
madfūnatayni
الْمَدْفُونَتَيْنِ
al-madfūnatayni
مَدْفُونَتَيْ
madfūnatay
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite construct indefinite definite construct
informal مَدْفُونِين
madfūnīn
الْمَدْفُونِين
al-madfūnīn
مَدْفُونِي
madfūnī
مَدْفُونَات
madfūnāt
الْمَدْفُونَات
al-madfūnāt
مَدْفُونَات
madfūnāt
nominative مَدْفُونُونَ
madfūnūna
الْمَدْفُونُونَ
al-madfūnūna
مَدْفُونُو
madfūnū
مَدْفُونَاتٌ
madfūnātun
الْمَدْفُونَاتُ
al-madfūnātu
مَدْفُونَاتُ
madfūnātu
accusative مَدْفُونِينَ
madfūnīna
الْمَدْفُونِينَ
al-madfūnīna
مَدْفُونِي
madfūnī
مَدْفُونَاتٍ
madfūnātin
الْمَدْفُونَاتِ
al-madfūnāti
مَدْفُونَاتِ
madfūnāti
genitive مَدْفُونِينَ
madfūnīna
الْمَدْفُونِينَ
al-madfūnīna
مَدْفُونِي
madfūnī
مَدْفُونَاتٍ
madfūnātin
الْمَدْفُونَاتِ
al-madfūnāti
مَدْفُونَاتِ
madfūnāti

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: mədfun
  • Persian: مدفون (madfūn)
  • Ottoman Turkish: مدفون

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَدْفُون (madfūn), from the verb دَفَنَ (dafana).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? madfūn
Dari reading? madfūn
Iranian reading? madfun
Tajik reading? madfun

Adjective

مدفون • (madfun)

  1. buried
    کشتی در اعماق 20 متری آب مدفون شده است
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَدْفُون (madfūn), from Arabic مَدْفُون (madfūn).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məd̪.fuːn/
  • Rhymes: -uːn
  • Hyphenation: مَد‧فُون

Adjective

مَدْفُون • (madfūn) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मदफ़ून)

  1. buried
  2. interred (of treasure)
  3. concealed; hidden

See also

Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root د ف ن (0 c, 1 e)

Further reading

  • مدفون”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مدفون”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “مدفون”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “مدفون”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “مدفون”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC