اتفاق

See also: أنفاق and إنفاق

Arabic

Root
و ف ق (w-f-q)

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِتَّفَقَ (ittafaqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /it.ti.faːq/

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Noun

اِتِّفَاق • (ittifāq) m (plural اِتِّفَاقَات (ittifāqāt))

1. verbal noun of اِتَّفَقَ (ittafaqa) (form VIII)
2. agreement, union, concord, harmony
3. compact, league, alliance
4. conspiracy

Declension

Declension of noun اِتِّفَاق (ittifāq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِتِّفَاق ittifāq	الِاتِّفَاق al-ittifāq	اِتِّفَاق ittifāq
Nominative	اِتِّفَاقٌ ittifāqun	الِاتِّفَاقُ al-ittifāqu	اِتِّفَاقُ ittifāqu
Accusative	اِتِّفَاقًا ittifāqan	الِاتِّفَاقَ al-ittifāqa	اِتِّفَاقَ ittifāqa
Genitive	اِتِّفَاقٍ ittifāqin	الِاتِّفَاقِ al-ittifāqi	اِتِّفَاقِ ittifāqi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِتِّفَاقَيْن ittifāqayn	الِاتِّفَاقَيْن al-ittifāqayn	اِتِّفَاقَيْ ittifāqay
Nominative	اِتِّفَاقَانِ ittifāqāni	الِاتِّفَاقَانِ al-ittifāqāni	اِتِّفَاقَا ittifāqā
Accusative	اِتِّفَاقَيْنِ ittifāqayni	الِاتِّفَاقَيْنِ al-ittifāqayni	اِتِّفَاقَيْ ittifāqay
Genitive	اِتِّفَاقَيْنِ ittifāqayni	الِاتِّفَاقَيْنِ al-ittifāqayni	اِتِّفَاقَيْ ittifāqay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِتِّفَاقَات ittifāqāt	الِاتِّفَاقَات al-ittifāqāt	اِتِّفَاقَات ittifāqāt
Nominative	اِتِّفَاقَاتٌ ittifāqātun	الِاتِّفَاقَاتُ al-ittifāqātu	اِتِّفَاقَاتُ ittifāqātu
Accusative	اِتِّفَاقَاتٍ ittifāqātin	الِاتِّفَاقَاتِ al-ittifāqāti	اِتِّفَاقَاتِ ittifāqāti
Genitive	اِتِّفَاقَاتٍ ittifāqātin	الِاتِّفَاقَاتِ al-ittifāqāti	اِتِّفَاقَاتِ ittifāqāti

Derived terms

• اِتِّفَاقِيَّة (ittifāqiyya)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ittifaq
• → Bengali: ইত্তেফাক (ittefaq)
• → Kazakh: ынтымақ (yntymaq)
• → Persian: اتفاق
  • → Urdu: اتفاق
    • → Ushojo: اتفاق
• → Ottoman Turkish: اتفاق
  • → Turkish: ittifak
• → Swahili: itifaki
• → Uyghur: ئىتتىپاق (ittipaq)
• → Uzbek: ittifoq

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “اتفاق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “وفق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic اِتِّفَاق (ittifāq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /it.ti.faːɡ/, [ɪt.tɪ.faːɡ]

Noun

اتفاق • (ittifāg) m (plural اِتِّفَاقات (ittifāgāt))

1. agreement, union, concord, harmony
2. conspiracy

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِتِّفَاق (ittifāq).

According to Encyclopedia Iranica, the Dari sense of "Unity" or "Union" was a semantic borrowing from Urdu. Despite the Urdu word originally being borrowed from Persian.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔit.ti.fɑːq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪt̪.t̪ʰɪ.fɑːq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪt̪.t̪ʰɪ.fɑːq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪt̪.t̪ʰɪ.fɑːq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔit̪.t̪ʰi.fɔːq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔet̪.t̪ʰe.fɒːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔit̪.t̪ʰi.fɔq]

Readings
Classical reading?	ittifāq
Dari reading?	ittifāq
Iranian reading?	ettefâğ
Tajik reading?	ittifoq

Noun

Dari	اتفاق
Iranian Persian
Tajik	иттифоқ

اتفاق • (ettefâq) (plural اتفاق‌ها (ettefâq-hâ) or اتفاقات (ettefâqât))

1. occurrence, happening, event, especially a coincidental or unexpected one
2. agreeing, agreement, consent
3. alliance
4. (Dari) unity, union

Related terms

• اتفاق افتادن (ettefâq oftâdan)
• اتفاقاً (ettefâqan, “accidentally, coincidentally”)
• اتفاقی (ettefâqi)

 

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اتفاق (ittifāq), from Arabic اِتِّفَاق (ittifāq).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪt̪.t̪ɪ.fɑːq/
• Rhymes: -ɑːq

Noun

اِتِّفاق • (ittifāq) m (Hindi spelling इत्तिफ़ाक़)

1. unity, union, accordance, agreement, concord, harmony, community
2. coincidence, accident chance, mischance, opportunity, venture

References

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اتفاق”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu اتفاق (ittifāq), from Classical Persian اتفاق (ittifāq), from Arabic اِتِّفَاق (ittifāq).

Noun

اتفاق (itifāq)

1. agreement, unity, union
2. coincidence, chance, accident