لطفا

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lutˤ.fan/

Noun

لُطْفًا • (luṭfan)

  1. indefinite accusative singular of لُطْف (luṭf)
  2. adverbial accusative of لُطْف (luṭf)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: lütfən
  • Ottoman Turkish: لطفا
  • Classical Persian: لُطْفًا (lutfan), لُطْفاً (lutfan)
    • Iranian Persian: لُطْفاً (lotfan)
    • Tajik: лутфан (lutfan)
    • Hindustani:
      • Hindi: लुत्फ़न (lutfan), लुत्फन (lutphan)
      • Urdu: لُطْفاً (lutfan)
  • Uzbek: lutfan

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُطْفًا (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of لُطْف (luṭf).

Adverb

لطفا • (lütfen)

  1. as a favor, as a kindness

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُطْفًا (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of Arabic لُطْف (luṭf, kindness). By surface analysis, لطف (lotf, kindness) + ـاً (-an).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [lʊt̪.fän]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [lʊt̪.fän]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [lut̪.fän]

Readings
Classical reading? lutfan
Dari reading? lutfan
Iranian reading? lotfan
Tajik reading? lutfan

Adverb

Dari لطفا
Iranian Persian
Tajik лутфан

لُطْفاً • (lotfan)

  1. kindly

Interjection

Dari لطفا
Iranian Persian
Tajik лутфан

لُطْفاً • (lotfan)

  1. please
    لُطْفاً بِیا داخِلlotfan biyâ dâxelplease come in

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُطْفًا (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of لُطْف (luṭf).

Pronunciation

Interjection

لُطْفاً • (lutfan) (Hindi spelling लुत्फ़न)

  1. please
    لُطْفاً، اَپْنی دَوا وَقْت پَر لِیجِیے
    lutfan, apnī davā vaqt par lījiye
    Take your medicine on time, please

Adverb

لُطْفاً • (lutfan) (Hindi spelling लुत्फ़न)

  1. kindly

References

  • لطفا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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