صفت

Arabic

Verb

صَفَتْ • (ṣafat) (form I) /sˤa.fat/

1. third-person feminine singular past active of صَفَا (ṣafā)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صِفَة (ṣifa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /si.ˈfat/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.fät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.fät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪ.fät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.fät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.fæt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.fät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	sifat
Dari reading?	sifat
Iranian reading?	sefat
Tajik reading?	sifat

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

صفت • (sifat / sefat) (plural صفات (sifāt / sefât), or صفت‌ها (sifat-hā / sefat-hâ), Tajik spelling сифат)

1. (grammar) adjective
2. property, attribute, epithet

   Synonym: خاصیت (xāsiyyat / xâsiyat)

3. quality, description
4. qualification

Derived terms

• صفت تفضیلی (sifat-i tafzīlī / sefat-e tafzili)
• صفت عالی (sifat-i ālī / sefat-e âli)
• صفتی (sifatī / sefati)

Related terms

Persian terms derived from the Arabic root و ص ف (0 c, 3 e)

Further reading

• صفت on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fa
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “صفت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “صفة”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صفت (sifat), Arabic صِفَة (ṣifa).

Noun

صفت • (sifat) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਿਫ਼ਤ)

1. praise, admiration

   Synonyms: تعریف (tarīf), وڈیائی (vaḍiyāi)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صفت (sifat), from Arabic صِفَة (ṣifa).

Noun

صفت • (sifat) f (Hindi spelling सिफ़त)

1. adjective
2. description
3. attribute
4. mode
5. manner

Synonyms

• بشیشن