شکوفه

Persian

Alternative forms

• شگوفه

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (škwpk' /⁠škōfag⁠/, “flower, blossom”), from the verb škōf- (“to blossom”), whence modern شکفتن (šekoftan, “to blossom”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃu.koː.fa], [ʃi.kuː.fa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.kʰoː.fä], [ʃɪ.kʰuː.fä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.kʰoː.fä], [ʃɪ.kʰuː.fä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.kʰoː.fä], [ʃɪ.kʰuː.fä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃu.kʰʊː.fä], [ʃu.kʰu.fä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃo.kʰuː.fe], [ʃe.kʰuː.fe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃu.kʰɵ.fä], [ʃi.kʰu.fä]

Readings
Classical reading?	šukōfa, šikūfa
Dari reading?	šukōfa, šikūfa
Iranian reading?	šokufa, šekufe
Tajik reading?	šuküfa, šikufa

Noun

Dari	شکوفه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шукуфа

شکوفه • (šokufe) (plural شکوفه‌ها (šokufe-hâ))

1. flower, blossom, bloom

   Synonym: گل (gol)

   • c. 1080, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, “Qaṣīda 78”, in دیوان ناصرخسرو [Dīvān of Nāṣir-i Khusraw]‎^[1]:

     بستان ز نو شکوفه چو گردون شد
     تا نسترن به سان ثریا شد

     bustān zi naw šikōfa čū gardūn šud
     tā nastaran ba sān-i surayyā šud

     Due to the new blossoms, the garden was like the [night] sky,
     As long as the wild roses were like the Pleiades.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)