افترا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِفْتِرَاء (ʔiftirāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔif.ti.ˈɾɑː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪf.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪf.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔif.t̪ʰi.ɾɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔef.t̪ʰe.ɹɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔif.t̪ʰi.ɾɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	iftirā
Dari reading^?	iftirā
Iranian reading^?	efterâ
Tajik reading^?	iftiro

Noun

افترا • (efterâ)

calumny, aspersion, slander

Further reading

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

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