فعلی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِعْلِيّ (fiʕliyy). By surface analysis, (fe'l) +‎ (-i).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fiʔ.ˈliː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fe̞ʔ.líː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [feː.líː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [feː.lí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [feʔ.líː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [feʔ.lí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	fi'lī
Dari reading^?	fe'lī
Iranian reading^?	fe'li
Tajik reading^?	feʾli

Adjective

فعلی • (fe'li)

current
― pâdešâh-e fel'li ― the current king
(grammar) verbal

Further reading

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

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