لطفا

Arabic

Root
ل ط ف (l ṭ f)
10 terms

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of لُطْف (luṭf, “kindness”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lutˤ.fan/

Adverb

لُطْفًا • (luṭfan)

kindly, please

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: lütfən
→ Ottoman Turkish: لطفا
- Turkish: lütfen
→ Classical Persian: لُطْفًا (lutfan), لُطْفاً (lutfan)
- Iranian Persian: لُطْفاً (lotfan)
- Tajik: лутфан (lutfan)
- → Hindustani:
  - Hindi: लुत्फ़न (lutfan), लुत्फन (lutphan)
  - Urdu: لُطْفاً (lutfan)
→ Uzbek: lutfan

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُطْفًا (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of لُطْف (luṭf).

Adverb

لطفا • (lütfen)

as a favor, as a kindness

Descendants

Turkish: lütfen

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “لطفا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1632

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُطْفًا (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of Arabic لُطْف (luṭf, “kindness”). By surface analysis, (lutf / lotf, “kindness”) +‎ (-an).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈlut.fan/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lʊ́t̪.fän]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lʊ́t̪fän]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lút̪fän]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [lót̪ʰ.fæn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lút̪.fän]

Rhymes: -utfan

Readings
Classical reading^?	lútfan
Dari reading^?	lutfan
Iranian reading^?	lotfan
Tajik reading^?	lutfan

Adverb

لطفا • (lutfan / lotfan) (Tajik spelling лутфан)

kindly

Interjection

لطفا • (lutfan / lotfan) (Tajik spelling лутфан)

please
― lotfan biyâ dâxel ― please come in

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُطْفًا (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of لُطْف (luṭf).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lʊt̪.fən/

Interjection

لُطْفاً • (lutfan) (Hindi spelling लुत्फ़न)

please
لُطْفاً، اَپْنی دَوا وَقْت پَر لِیجِیے
lutfan, apnī davā vaqt par lījiye
Take your medicine on time, please

Adverb

لُطْفاً • (lutfan) (Hindi spelling लुत्फ़न)

kindly

Related terms

لُطْف (lutf)

References

“لطفا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.