اتلاف

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic إِتْلَاف (ʔitlāf).

Noun

اتلاف • (itlaf) (plural اتلافات)

1. destruction
2. loss
3. waste

Derived terms

• اتلاف ایتمك (itlaf etmek)

Descendants

• Turkish: itlaf

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اتلاف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 50

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic إِتْلَاف (ʔitlāf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔit.ˈlɑːf]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪt̪.lɑ́ːf]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪt̪.lɑ́ːf]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪt̪.lɑ́ːf]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔit̪.lɔ́ːf]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔet̪.lɒ́ːf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔit̪.lɔ́f]

Readings
Classical reading?	itlāf
Iranian reading?	etlâf
Tajik reading?	itlof

Noun

اِتلاف • (etlâf)

1. waste, wasting

   اتلاف پول ― etlâf-e pul ― waste of money

   اتلاف وقت ― etlâf-e vaqt ― wasting time

2. decay, ruin

Derived terms

• اتلاف کردن (etlâf kardan, “to waste”)

 

Descendants

• → Hindustani: itlāf

  Hindi: इत्लाफ़

  Urdu: اِتْلاف

Urdu

Noun

اِتْلاف • (itlāf) m (Hindi spelling इत्लाफ़)

1. decay, loss, ruin

Derived terms

• تلف ہونا, تلف کرنا