नाफ़रमान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نافرمان (nāfarmān). By surface analysis, ना- (nā-) +‎ फ़रमान (farmān).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nɑː.fəɾ.mɑːn/, [näː.fɐɾ.mä̃ːn], /nɑː.pʰəɾ.mɑːn/, [näː.pʰɐɾ.mä̃ːn]
• Hyphenation: ना‧फ़र‧मान
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Adjective

नाफ़रमान • (nāfarmān) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling نَافَرْمَان)

1. disobedient

Derived terms

• नाफ़रमानी (nāfarmānī)

Further reading

• “नाफ़रमान”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “nā-farmān”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1111