Arabic
Verb
نَفَتْ • (nafat) (form I)
- third-person feminine singular past active of نَفَا (nafā)
- third-person feminine singular past active of نَفَى (nafā)
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian npt' (naft, “moist, damp; naphtha”), from Old Persian *𐎴𐎳𐎫 (*n-f-t /naft/, “naphtha”); see there for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
Dari
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نفت
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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нафт
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نفت • (naft) (plural نفتها (naft-hâ))
- petroleum, oil
- Synonym: نفت خام (naft-e xâm)
- kerosene (US), paraffin (UK)
- Synonyms: نفت سفید (naft-e sefid), نفت چراغ (naft-e čerâğ)
Inflection
Enclitic-attached forms of نفت (naft) (Iranian Persian)
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Basic forms of نفت (naft)
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singular
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plural
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bare
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نفت (náft)
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نفتها (naft-hấ) نفتا △ (naftấ)
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definitive direct object
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نفت را (náft râ) نفت رو △ (náfto)
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نفتها را (naft-hấ râ) نفتا رو △ (naftấ ro)
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ezâfe
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نفت (náft-e)
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نفتهای (naft-hấ-ye) نفتای △ (naftấ-ye)
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marked indefinite or relative definite
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نفتی (náft-i)
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نفتهایی (naftấn-i, naft-hấ-i) نفتایی △ (naftấi)
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△ Colloquial.
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Predicative forms of نفت (naft)
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singular
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plural
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1st person (“I am, we are”)
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نفتم (náftam)
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نفتیم (náftim)
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2nd person (“you are”)
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نفتی (náfti)
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نفتید (náftid) نفتین △ (náftin)
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3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)
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نفت است (náft ast) نفته △ (náfte)
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نفتند (náftand) نفتن △ (náftan)
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△ Colloquial.
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Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: նավթ (navtʻ)
- → Azerbaijani: neft
- → Turkish: neft(Please either change this template to {{desc}} or insert a ====Descendants==== section in neft#Turkish)
- → Turkmen: nebit
- → Uyghur: نېفىت (nëfit)
- → Uzbek: neft
- → Yiddish: נאַפֿט (naft)