آفت

See also: افت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa).

Noun

آفت • (afet)

  1. calamity
  2. disaster
  3. misfortune

Descendants
  • Turkish: afet

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.fǽt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.fǽt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔɔː.fǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading? āfat
Dari reading? āfat
Iranian reading? âfat
Tajik reading? ofat

Noun
Dari آفت
Iranian Persian
Tajik офат

آفت • (âfat)

  1. calamity
  2. plague

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آفت (āfat), from Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa).

Pronunciation

Noun

آفت • (āfat) f (Hindi spelling आफ़त)

  1. calamity
  2. plague
  3. adversity
  4. catastrophe
  5. disaster

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