وفد

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Arabic[edit]

Root
و ف د (w-f-d)

Noun[edit]

وَفْد (wafdm (plural وُفُود (wufūd))

  1. verbal noun of وَفَدَ (wafada) (form I)
  2. delegation, despatch, mission
  3. entourage

Declension[edit]

Verb[edit]

وَفَدَ (wafada) I, non-past يَفِدُ‎ (yafidu)

  1. to arrive, to come to, to enter

Conjugation[edit]

Verb[edit]

وَفَّدَ (waffada) II, non-past يُوَفِّدُ‎ (yuwaffidu)

  1. to send, to let arrive, to dispatch

Conjugation[edit]

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَفْد (vafd), from Arabic وَفْد (wafd).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

وَفْد (vafdm (formal plural وُفُود (vufūd), Hindi spelling वफ़्द)

  1. delegation
  2. deputation
  3. (rare) an ambassador
    Synonyms: سَفِیر (safīr), ایلْچی (elcī)

Declension[edit]

Declension of وفد
singular plural
direct وَفْد (vafd) وَفْد (vafd)
oblique وَفْد (vafd) وَفْدوں (vafdō̃)
vocative وَفْد (vafd) وَفْدو (vafdō)

Further reading[edit]

  • وفد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • وفد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “وفد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.