जफ़ा
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian جفاء (jafā), from Arabic جَفَاء (jafāʔ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]जफ़ा • (jafā) f
- oppression, cruelty, iniquity
- Brij Narayan Chakbast :
- उन्हें ये फ़िक्र है हर दम नई तर्ज़-ए-जफ़ा क्या है,
हमें ये शौक़ है देखें सितम की इंतहा क्या है।- unhẽ ye fikra hai har dam naī tarz-e-jafā kyā hai,
hamẽ ye śauq hai dekhẽ sitam kī inthā kyā hai. - Their worry is at every moment in devising a new mode of oppression,
It is our pleasure in seeing what may be the limit of this tyranny.
- unhẽ ye fikra hai har dam naī tarz-e-jafā kyā hai,
- उन्हें ये फ़िक्र है हर दम नई तर्ज़-ए-जफ़ा क्या है,
Declension
[edit]Declension of जफ़ा (fem ā-stem)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “jafa”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “japha”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “jafa”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.