دفتر

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Arabic[edit]

دفتر

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian dptl (daftar), from Aramaic דפתרא‎ / ܕܦܬܪܐ‎, from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

دَفْتَر (daftarm, plural دَفَاتِر(dafātir)

  1. register; roster
  2. notebook; copybook; exercise book

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Afar: daftár
  • Fula: deftere
  • Indonesian: daftar
  • Malay: daftar

References[edit]

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “دفتر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  1. ^ "Daftar" in Bernard Lewis (1991), Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition, volume 2: C-G, edited by B. Lewis, Ch. Pellat and J. Schacht, assisted by J. Burton-Page, C. Dumont and V.L. Ménage, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, page 77b
  2. ^ http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/daftar-mid

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian dptl (daftar), from Aramaic דפתרא‎ / ܕܦܬܪܐ‎, from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra). The learned plural دفاتر (dafâter) is re-borrowed from Arabic.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dæf.tær/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

دفتر (daftar), plural دفترها(daftar-hâ) or دفاتر(dafâter)

  1. register, account book
  2. notebook
  3. office

References[edit]

Urdu[edit]

Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian دفتر(daftar).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

دَفْتَر (daftarm (Hindi spelling दफ़्तर)

  1. office, workplace

Declension[edit]

Declension of دفتر
singular plural
direct دَفْتَر(daftar) دَفْتَر(daftar)
oblique دَفْتَر(daftar) دَفْتَروں(daftarō̃)
vocative دَفْتَر(daftar) دَفْتَرو(daftarō)

References[edit]

  • دفتر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • دفتر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.