مخفی

See also: محقي and مخفي

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَخْفِی (maxfī), from Arabic مَخْفِيّ (maḵfiyy).

Adjective

مخفی • (mxfy /mäxfī/)

1. hidden, concealed, secret

   Synonyms: پنهان (pnhān /⁠pinhān⁠/), نهان (nhān /⁠nihān⁠/), نهفت (nhft /⁠nühüft⁠/), یاشورون (yāšwrwn /⁠yašurun⁠/), کیزلی (kyzly /⁠kizli⁠/), کیزلانچو (kyzlānčw /⁠kizlänčü⁠/)

   مخفی بولماق ― mxfy bwlmāq /mäxfī bolmaq/ ― to be hiden, to become hidden

   مخفی قالماق ― mxfy qālmāq /mäxfī qalmaq/ ― to hide

   مخفی توتماق ― mxfy twtmāq /mäxfī tutmaq/ ― to hide

Derived terms

• مخفی ایتماک (mxfy ʾytmāk /⁠mäxfī etmäk⁠/, “to hide, conceal”)

Descendants

• Uyghur: مەخپىي (mexpiy)
• Uzbek: maxfiy

Further reading

• Bahawudun, Muhemmettursun; Gheyurani, Ghenizat; Qadir, Isma'il; Ehet, Ablimit (2002), چاغاتاي تىلىنىڭ ئىزاھلىق لۇغىتى [Explanatory Dictionary of the Chagatai Language]‎^[1] (in Uyghur), Shinjang Xelq Neshriyati, →ISBN, page 595
• Ünlü, Suat (2013), Çağatay Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Dictionary of Chagatai Turkic] (in Turkish), Konya: Eğitim Yayınevi, →ISBN, page 707

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَخْفِيّ (maḵfiyy).

Adjective

مخفی • (mahfî) (feminine مخفیه (mahfiyye))

1. hidden, concealed, secret

   Synonyms: كزلو (gizlü, gizli), نهان (nihân), نهفت (nühüft), پنهان (pinhân)

   كنز مخفی ― kenz-i mahfî ― secret treasure

Descendants

• Turkish: mahfi

Further reading

• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “mahfi”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “مخفی”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ [Ottoman–Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 676
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مخفی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1779

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَخْفِيّ (maḵfiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /max.ˈfiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäx.fíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäx.fíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäx.fíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäx.fí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæx.fíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäχ.fí]

Readings
Classical reading?	maxfī
Dari reading?	maxfī
Iranian reading?	maxfi
Tajik reading?	maxfi

Adjective

مخفی • (maxfi)

1. secret, hidden

   Synonyms: پنهان (penhân), نهان (nehân)

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 84:

     هم بحق جمله اولاد و اصحاب کبار
     کز خردشان نیست مخفی آشکارا و نهان

     ham ba-haqq-i jumla-yi awlād u ashāb-i kibār
     k-az xiradišān nēst maxfī āškārā u nihān

     Also, [I swear] by all of his [the Prophet's] great descendants and companions,
     From whose wisdom nothing is hidden, whether public or secret.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• مخفی کردن (maxfi kardan, “to hide, to conceal”)

Descendants

• → Chagatai: مخفی (mxfy /⁠mäxfī⁠/)
  • Uyghur: مەخپىي (mexpiy)
  • Uzbek: maxfiy
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मख़फ़ी (maxfī)

  Urdu: مخفی (maxfī)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮਖ਼ਫ਼ੀ (maxfī)

  Shahmukhi script: مخفی (maxfī)

Further reading

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