دفعه

See also: دفعہ and دفعة

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَفْعَة (dafʕa).

Pronunciation

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(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [daf.ˈʔa]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äf.ʔǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.fǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.fǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æf.ʔé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äf.ʔǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	daf'a
Dari reading^?	daf'a
Iranian reading^?	daf'e
Tajik reading^?	dafʾa

Noun

دفعه • (daf'e)


Iranian Persian	دفعه
Dari	دفعه
Tajik	маротиба

time (occurrence)
Synonyms: بار (bâr), مرتبه (martabe)

― daf'e-ye digar ― next time

― sâli panj daf'e ― five times a year
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1207:
  کز کمی خشت دیوار بلند
  پست‌تر گردد به هر دفعه که کند
  k-az kamī-yi xišt dēwār-i buland
  past-tar gardad ba har daf'a ki kand
  Since by diminution of the bricks, the high wall
  Becomes lower every time that one is removed.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: dəfə
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: दफ़ा (dafā)

Urdu: دَفْعَہ (daf'a)
→ Ottoman Turkish: دفعه (def'a)
- Turkish: defa
→ Uzbek: dafʼa

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