वफ़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (wafā), from Arabic وَفَاء (wafāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋə.fɑː/, [ʋɐ.fäː], /ʋə.pʰɑː/, [ʋɐ.pʰäː]

Noun

वफ़ा • (vafā) f (Urdu spelling وفا)

faith, loyalty, fidelity
Synonym: निष्ठा (niṣṭhā)

Declension

Declension of *वफ़ा* (fem ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	वफ़ा vafā	वफ़ाएँ vafāẽ
oblique	वफ़ा vafā	वफ़ाओं vafāõ
vocative	वफ़ा vafā	वफ़ाओ vafāo

Derived terms

वफ़ा करना (vafā karnā)
वफ़ादार (vafādār)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “vafā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press