شکوفه

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (škwpk' /⁠škōfag⁠/, flower, blossom), from the verb škōf- (to blossom), whence modern شکفتن (šekoftan, to blossom).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? šikōfa
Dari reading? šikūfa
Iranian reading? šokufe
Tajik reading? šukufa

Noun

Dari شکوفه
Iranian Persian
Tajik шукуфа

شکوفه • (šokufe) (plural شکوفه‌ها (šokufe-hâ))

  1. flower, blossom, bloom
    Synonym: گل (gol)
    • c. 1080, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, “Qaṣīda 78”, in دیوان ناصرخسرو [Dīvān of Nāṣir-i Khusraw]:
      بستان ز نو شکوفه چو گردون شد
      تا نسترن به سان ثریا شد
      bustān zi naw šikōfa čū gardūn šud
      tā nastaran ba sān-i surayyā šud
      Due to the new blossoms, the garden was like the [night] sky,
      As long as the wild roses were like the Pleiades.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
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