وفاداری

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Persian

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Etymology

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From وفادار (vafâdâr, loyal) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? wafāḏārī
Dari reading? wafādārī
Iranian reading? vafâdâri
Tajik reading? vafodori

Noun

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وفاداری (vafâdâri)

  1. loyalty; troth (to a promise or a lover)
    Synonym: وفا (vafâ)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 155”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎[1]:
      و گر به رهگذری یک دم از وفاداری
      چو گرد در پی‌اش افتم چو باد بگریزد
      wa gar ba rahguzarē yak dam az wafādārī
      čō gard dar pay-aš uftam čō bād bugrēzad
      And if one moment on a passageway, out of my troth,
      I fall to her feet as dust, she escapes me like the wind.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)