दफ़्तर

Hindi

Alternative forms

• दफ़तर (daftar), दफ्तर (daphtar)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دفتر (daftar), from Arabic دَفْتَر (daftar) or Middle Persian dptl (daftar), from Aramaic דפתרא / ܕܦܬܪܐ, from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra). Compare Bengali দফতর (dophtor), Punjabi ਦਫ਼ਤਰ (daftar).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪əf.t̪əɾ/, [d̪ɐf.t̪ɐɾ], /d̪əpʰ.t̪əɾ/, [d̪ɐpʰ.t̪ɐɾ]
• Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

दफ़्तर • (daftar) m (Urdu spelling دفتر)

1. office, bureau
2. roll, volume (of records), register
3. archive

Declension

Declension of दफ़्तर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दफ़्तर daftar	दफ़्तर daftar
oblique	दफ़्तर daftar	दफ़्तरों daftarõ
vocative	दफ़्तर daftar	दफ़्तरो daftaro

Synonyms

• कार्यालय (kāryālay)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दफ़्तर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 476