وقفه

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic وَقْفَة (waqfa).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? waqfa
Dari reading? waqfa
Iranian reading? vağfe
Tajik reading? vaqfa

Noun

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وقفه (vaqfe)

  1. gap, stop, pause, break, standstill
    Synonyms: توقف (tavaqqof), ایست (ist), سکون (sokun)
    • late 1100s, Khāqānī, “Qaṣīda 139”, in دیوان خاقانی[1]:
      گرچه رهرو نکند وقفه، کنم وقفه از آنک
      کشش همت اخوان به خراسان یابم
      garči rahraw na-konad waqfa, kunam waqfa az ānk
      kašiš-i himmat-i ixwān ba xurāsān yābam
      Though the wayfarer should not pause, I have paused because
      I shall find the pull of my brethren's ambitions in Khurāsān.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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