زفاف

See also: رفاف

Arabic

Root
ز ف ف (z f f)
2 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zi.faːf/

Noun

زِفَاف • (zifāf) m

1. verbal noun of زَفَّ (zaffa) (form I)
2. wedding, marriage feast

Declension

Declension of noun زِفَاف (zifāf)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	زِفَاف zifāf	الزِّفَاف az-zifāf	زِفَاف zifāf
nominative	زِفَافٌ zifāfun	الزِّفَافُ az-zifāfu	زِفَافُ zifāfu
accusative	زِفَافًا zifāfan	الزِّفَافَ az-zifāfa	زِفَافَ zifāfa
genitive	زِفَافٍ zifāfin	الزِّفَافِ az-zifāfi	زِفَافِ zifāfi

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زِفَاف (zifāf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /zi.ˈfaːf/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪ.fɑ́ːf]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪ.fɑ́ːf]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɪ.fɑ́ːf]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zi.fɔ́ːf]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ze.fɒ́ːf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.fɔ́f]

• Rhymes: -aːf

Readings
Classical reading?	zifāf
Dari reading?	zifāf
Iranian reading?	zefâf
Tajik reading?	zifof

Noun

زفاف • (zefâf)

1. wedding, marriage feast

   Synonym: شب زفاف (šab-i zefâf, “wedding night”)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “زفاف”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim