کفن

See also: كفن

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَفَن (kafan).

Pronunciation

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

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

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.fæn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.fän]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kafan
Dari reading^?	kafan
Iranian reading^?	kafan
Tajik reading^?	kafan

Noun


Iranian Persian	کَفَن
Dari	کَفَن
Tajik	кафан

کَفَن • (kafan)

shroud; wrapping of the dead
- c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of Siyāwush”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[1]:
  کسی کاو بود مهتر انجمن
  کفن بهتر او را ز فرمان زن
  kasē k-ō buwad mihtar-i anjuman
  kafan bihtar ō rā zi farmān-i zan
  For a person who is at the head of the warband,
  The shroud is better than [obeying] a woman's command.
  (Classical Persian romanization)

Descendants

→ Gujarati: કફન (kaphan)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: कफ़न (kafan)

Urdu: کفن (kafan)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “کفن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim