استعفا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِعْفَاء.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.tiʔ.ˈfɑː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰe̞ʔ.fɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰeː.fɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰeː.fɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰeʔ.fɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰeʔ.fɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	isti'fā
Dari reading^?	iste'fā
Iranian reading^?	este'fâ
Tajik reading^?	isteʾfo

Noun

استعفا • (este'fâ)

resignation
(dated) asking forgiveness (e.g. from God)

Derived terms

استعفا دادن (este'fâ dâdan, “to resign”)
استعفا کردن (este'fâ kardan, “to resign”)

Further reading

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “استعفا”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “استعفا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

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