گفتار

See also: کفتار

Persian

Etymology

Formed of گفتن (goftan, “to say, speak”) +‎ ـار (-âr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡuf.ˈtaːr/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊf.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊf.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊf.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡuf.t̪ʰɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥of.t̪ʰɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡuf.t̪ʰɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	guftār
Dari reading?	guftār
Iranian reading?	goftâr
Tajik reading?	guftor

Noun

گفتار • (guftār / goftâr) (Tajik spelling гуфтор)

1. speech, word, discourse
   • 1932, محمد اقبال [Muhammad Iqbāl], “Message of the Martyr King to the River Cauvery”, in Arthur J. Arberry, transl., جاویدنامه [Jāvīdnāma, Book of Eternity]‎^[1]:

     آنکہ گفتارش ہمہ کردار بود
     مشرق اندر خواب و او بیدار بود

     ānki guftār-aš hama kirdār būd
     mašriq andar xwāb u ō bēdār būd

     the man whose words were all action,
     the one man awake, whilst the East slept.

     (Indo-Persian script)

References

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گُفْتَار (guftār), from گفتن (“to say, tell”). By surface analysis, گُفْت (guft) +‎ َار (ār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡʊf.t̪ɑːɾ/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

گُفْتار • (guftār) f (Hindi spelling गुफ़्तार)

1. speech, discourse

Declension

Declension of گفتار

	singular	plural
direct	گُفْتَار (guftār)	گُفْتَاریں (guftārẽ)
oblique	گُفْتَار (guftār)	گُفْتَاروں (guftārõ)
vocative	گُفْتَار (guftār)	گُفْتَارو (guftāro)

Further reading

• “گفتار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “گفتار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “گفتار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “گفتار”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834), “گفتار”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC