طفولیت

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic طُفُولِيَّة (ṭufūliyya).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? tufūliyyat
Dari reading? tufūliyat
Iranian reading? tofuliyyat
Tajik reading? tufuliyat

Noun

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طفولیت (tofuliyyat)

  1. (literary) childhood
    Synonyms: بچگی (baččegi), کودکی (kudaki)
    • c. 1180, Shihāb al-Dīn Suhrawardī, رسالة فی حالة الطفولیت [Story on the State of Childhood]:
      در طفولیت بر سر کویی چنانکه عادت کودکان باشد بازی می‌کردند. کودکی چند را دیدم که جمع می‌آمدند.
      dar tufūliyyat bar sar-i kōyē čunānki ādat-i kōdakān bāšad bāzī mē-kardand. kōdakē čand-rā dīdam ki jam' mē-āmadand.
      During my childhood, I was playing on the side of the alley as children are wont to do. I saw several children who were coming in a group.
      (Classical Persian romanization)