عفو

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕafw/

Noun

عَفْو • (ʕafw) m

  1. verbal noun of عَفَا (ʕafā) (form I)
  2. pardon, forgiveness, remission of sins, amnesty, absolution
  3. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:219:
      وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنْفِقُونَ قُلِ ٱلْعَفْوَ
      wayasʔalūnaka māḏā yunfiqūna quli l-ʕafwa
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: əfv
  • Chagatai: عَفْو
    • Uzbek: afv
  • Northern Kurdish: efû
  • Ottoman Turkish: عفو (ʻafv)
    • Turkish: af
  • Persian: عفو ('afv)
  • Urdu: عفو

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ʕa.fuww/

Adjective

عَفُوّ • (ʕafuww)

  1. remitting much, clement, inclined to frequent pardon
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:149:
      إِنْ تُبْدُوا خَيْرًا أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ أَوْ تَعْفُوا عَنْ سُوءٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّٰهَ كَانَ عَفُوًّا قَدِيرًا
      ʔin tubdū ḵayran ʔaw tuḵfūhu ʔaw taʕfū ʕan sūʔin faʔinna llāha kāna ʕafuwwan qadīran
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: əfüvv
  • Chagatai: عَفُوّ
    • Uzbek: afuvv
  • Kazakh: ғапу (ğapu)
  • Ottoman Turkish: عفو (ʻafüvv)
    • Turkish: afüvv
  • Tatar: гафу (ğafu)
  • Persian: عفو ('afovv)
  • Urdu: عفو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عَفْو (ʕafw).

Noun

عفو • (ʻafv)

  1. a forgiving, forgiveness, pardon
  2. an excusing from some duty
  3. a dismissing or releasing from some office, dismissal; release
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Turkish: af

References

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic عَفُوّ (ʕafuww).

Adjective

عفو • (ʻafüvv)

  1. habitually forgiving
  2. all-forgiving (God)
Descendants
  • Turkish: afüvv

References

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عَفْو (ʕafw).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? afw
Dari reading? afw
Iranian reading? afv
Tajik reading? afv

Noun

عفو • ('afv)

  1. erasing, cancelling, obliterating
  2. effacing the vestiges of the house, covering them with dust (wind)
  3. forgiving, passing by a transgression
  4. remitting punishment
  5. loathing anything
  6. pardon, forgiveness, remission of sins

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic عَفُوّ (ʕafuww).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔä.fʊww]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔä.fʊww]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔä.fuww]

Readings
Classical reading? afuww
Dari reading? afuww
Iranian reading? ʔafov
Tajik reading? afuvv

Adjective

عفو • ('afovv)

  1. one who forgives much
    عفو و غفور'afovv va ğafur(God) the pardoner and forgiver

References

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عَفْو (ʕafw).

Pronunciation

Noun

عفو • ('afv) m

  1. absolution, forgiveness, pardon, remission (of sins)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic عَفُوّ (ʕafuww).

Pronunciation

Adjective

عفو • ('afuvv)

  1. forgiving, merciful

References

  • عفو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “عفو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • عفو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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