لطفا

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Arabic

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Root
ل ط ف (l ṭ f)
6 terms

Etymology

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Adverbial accusative of لُطْف (luṭf, kindness).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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لُطْفًا (luṭfan)

  1. kindly, please

Descendants

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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

Adverb

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لطفا (lütfen)

  1. as a favor, as a kindness

Descendants

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References

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic لُطْفًا (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of Arabic لُطْف (luṭf, kindness). By surface analysis, لطف (lotf, kindness) +‎ ـاً (-an).

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

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Dari لطفا
Iranian Persian
Tajik лутфан

لطفا (lotfan)

  1. kindly

Interjection

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Dari لطفا
Iranian Persian
Tajik лутфан

لطفا (lotfan)

  1. please
    لُطْفاً بِیا داخِلlotfan biyâ dâxelplease come in
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Urdu

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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لُطْفاً (lutfan) (Hindi spelling लुत्फ़न)

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

Adverb

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لُطْفاً (lutfan) (Hindi spelling लुत्फ़न)

  1. kindly
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References

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