وفات

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَفَاة (wafāh).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /wa.ˈfaːt/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.fɑ́ːt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wä.fɑ́ːt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wä.fɔ́ːt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væ.fɒ́ːt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vä.fɔ́t̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	wafāt
Dari reading^?	wafāt
Iranian reading^?	vafât
Tajik reading^?	vafot

Noun


Iranian Persian	وفات
Dari	وفات
Tajik	вафот

وفات • (vafât)

death
Synonyms: مرگ (marg), فوت (fowt)
- early 1500s, Hilālī, “Ghazal 44”, in دیوان هلالی جغتایی‎^[1]:
  چند گویی ز سر ناز که جان ده بوفا؟
  جان من کار دگر نیست مرا غیر وفات
  čand gūyī zi sar-i nāz ki jān dah ba wafā?
  jān-i man kār-i digar nēst ma-rā ġayr-i wafāt
  How long will you say with full coyness, "Give up your life to loyalty [for me]?"
  For my life is nothing else to me than death.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (wafāt), from Arabic وَفَاة (wafāh).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋə.fɑːt̪/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːt

Noun

وَفات • (vafāt) f (Hindi spelling वफ़ात)

death, decease, demise
Synonyms: فوت (faut), مرگ (marg), موت (maut)

Derived terms

وَفَات پَانَا (vafāt pānā)