جفا

Arabic

Root
ج ف و (j-f-w)

Verb

جَفَا • (jafā) I, non-past يَجْفُو‎ (yajfū)

  1. to be crude, coarse
  2. to treat harshly
  3. to turn away from, shun

Conjugation

Persian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.fɑ́ː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.fɑ́ː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.fɔ́ː]

Readings
Classical reading? jafā
Dari reading? jafā
Iranian reading? jafâ
Tajik reading? jafo

Noun

Dari جفا
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷафо

جفا • (jafâ)

  1. disloyalty, betrayal of trust
  2. cruelty; injustice; oppression
    • ز فروردین از محمدتقی بهار (Ze Farvardin, Mohammad-Taqi Bahâr)
      دل بلبل نازک است, ای گل
      دل او را از جفا مشکن
      del-e bolbol nâzok ast, ey gol
      del-e u râ az jafâ mašekan
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • یار جانی
      گل زردم
      همه دردم
      ز جفایت شکوه نکردم
      gol-e zardam
      hame dardam
      ze jafâyat šekve nakardam
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • Mohammad Reza Rahmani
      وفا نکردی و کردم، جفا ندیدی و دیدم
      شکستی و نشکستم، بریدی و نبریدم
      vafâ nakardi o kardam, jafâ nadidi o didam
      šekasti o našekastam, boridi o naboridam
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

  • جفا کردن (jafâ kardan)
  • جفا پیشه (jafâ piše)

Descendants

  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਜਫਾ (japhā)
    Shahmukhi script: جفا (jafā)
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