نافذ

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَافِذ (nāfiḏ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nɑː.fiz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑː.fɪz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑː.fɪz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑː.fɪz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔː.fiz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒː.fez]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɔ.fiz]

Readings
Classical reading?	nāfiz
Dari reading?	nāfiz
Iranian reading?	nâfez
Tajik reading?	nofiz

Adjective

Dari	نافذ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нофиз

نافذ • (nâfez) (comparative نافذتَر (nâfez-tar), superlative نافذتَرین (nâfez-tarin))

1. penetrating, passing through
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 862:

     گوش چون نافذ بود دیده شود
     ور نه قل در گوش پیچیده شود

     gōš čōn nāfiz buwad dīda šawad
     war na qul dar gōš pēčīda šawad

     When the ear is penetrating, it becomes an eye;
     otherwise,the word (of God) becomes entangled in the ear (and does not reach the heart).

2. having effect, being obeyed, executed

References

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