افطار

See also: إفطار and أقطار

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).

Noun

افطار • (iftar)

  1. (Islam) iftar

Descendants
  • Turkish: iftar
  • → Albanian: iftar

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪf.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪf.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔif.t̪ʰɔ́ːɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? iftār
Dari reading? iftār
Iranian reading? eftâr
Tajik reading? iftor
  • Rhymes: -âr

Noun
Dari افطار
Iranian Persian
Tajik ифтор

افطار • (eftâr)

  1. (Islam) Iftar, the evening meal that breaks each day's fast during Ramadan.

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian افطار (iftār), from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪf.t̪ɑːɾ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
  • Hyphenation: اِف‧طار

Noun

اِفْطار • (iftār) m (Hindi spelling इफ़्तार)

  1. (Islam) iftar

Declension
Declension of افطار
singular plural
direct اِفْطار (ift̤ār) اِفْطار (ift̤ār)
oblique اِفْطار (ift̤ār) اِفْطاروں (ift̤ārō̃)
vocative اِفْطار (ift̤ār) اِفْطارو (ift̤ārō)

Further reading
  • “افطار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “افطار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “افطار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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