گفتار

See also: کفتار

Persian

Etymology

Formed of (goftan, “to say, speak”) +‎ (-âr).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡuf.ˈtaːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊf.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊf.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡuf.t̪ʰɔ́ːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥of.t̪ʰɒ́ːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡuf.t̪ʰɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	guftār
Dari reading^?	guftār
Iranian reading^?	goftâr
Tajik reading^?	guftor

Noun


Iranian Persian	گفتار
Dari	گفتار
Tajik	гуфтор

گفتار • (goftâr)

speech

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (guftār).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡʊf.t̪ɑːɾ/
Audio (Pakistan): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

گُفْتار • (guftār) f (Hindi spelling गुफ़्तार)

speech, discourse

Declension

Declension of **گفتار**
	singular	plural
direct	گفتار (guftār)	گفتاریں (guftārẽ)
oblique	گفتار (guftār)	گفتاروں (guftārõ)
vocative	گفتار (guftār)	گفتارو (guftāro)

Further reading

“گفتار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“گفتار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گفتار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.