کثیف

See also: كثيف

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَثِيف (kaṯīf).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ka.ˈsiːf/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.siːf]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.siːf]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.sif]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.siːf]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.sif]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kasīf
Dari reading^?	kasīf
Iranian reading^?	kasif
Tajik reading^?	kasif

Adjective


Dari	چتل
Iranian Persian	کثیف
Tajik	ифлос

کثیف • (kasif) (comparative کثیف‌تَر, superlative کثیف‌تَرین)

dirty, unclean
Synonym: چرکین (čerkin)

Antonym: تمیز (tamiz)
- c. 1080, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, “Qaṣīda 191”, in دیوان ناصرخسرو [Dīvān of Nāṣir-i Khusraw]‎^[1]:
  تا نشناسی تو لطیف از کثیف
  مانده‌ای اندر قفس آهنین
  tā na-šināsī tu latīf az kasīf
  mānda'ī andar qafas-i āhanīn
  As long as you do not tell apart the elegant from the filthy,
  You will remain in the iron cage.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

verbs

کثیف شدن (kasif šodan, “to be dirtied”)
کثیف کردن (kasif kardan, “to dirty”)

other

کثیفی (kasifi, “dirtiness”)