وفاداری

Persian

Etymology

From (vafâdâr, “loyal”) +‎ (-i).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /wa.faː.daː.ˈɾiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.fɑː.d̪ɑː.ɾíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wä.fɑː.d̪ɑː.ɾíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wä.fɔː.d̪ɔː.ɾí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væ.fɒː.d̪ɒː.ɹíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vä.fɔ.d̪ɔ.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	wafādārī
Dari reading^?	wafādārī
Iranian reading^?	vafâdâri
Tajik reading^?	vafodori

Noun

وفاداری • (vafâdâri)

loyalty; troth (to a promise or a lover)
Synonym: وفا (vafâ)
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 155”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:
  و گر به رهگذری یک دم از وفاداری
  چو گرد در پی‌اش افتم چو باد بگریزد
  wa gar ba rahguzarē yak dam az wafādārī
  čō gard dar pay-aš uftam čō bād bugrēzad
  And if one moment on a passageway, out of my troth,
  I fall to her feet as dust, she escapes me like the wind.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)