शफ़ा
Hindi
Alternative forms
- शिफ़ा (śifā)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شِفَاء (šifā'), from Arabic شِفَاء (šifāʔ).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃə.fɑː/, [ʃɐ.fäː], /ʃə.pʰɑː/, [ʃɐ.pʰäː]
Noun
शफ़ा • (śafā) f (Urdu spelling شفا)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शफ़ा śafā |
शफ़ाएँ śafāẽ |
| oblique | शफ़ा śafā |
शफ़ाओं śafāõ |
| vocative | शफ़ा śafā |
शफ़ाओ śafāo |
Derived terms
- शफ़ाख़ाना (śafāxānā)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शफ़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press