متفاوت

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مُتَفَاوِت (mutafāwit).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.ta.fɑː.ˈwit]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.fɑː.wɪ́t̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.fɑː.wɪ́t̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.t̪ʰä.fɔː.wít̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.t̪ʰæ.fɒː.vét̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.t̪ʰä.fɔ.vít̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mutafāwit
Dari reading^?	mutafāwit
Iranian reading^?	motafâvet
Tajik reading^?	mutafovit

Adjective

مُتَفاوِت • (motafâvet) (comparative مُتَفاوِت‌تَر (motafâvet-tar), superlative مُتَفاوِت‌تَرین (motafâvet-tarin))

different, unlike
Antonym: شَبیه (šabih)

― in bâ ân motafâvet ast. ― This is different from that.
- c. 1599, Bahāʾ al‐Dīn ʿĀmilī, کشکول‎:
  در هند، طریقه‌ای است که با روش منجمان روم و ایران متفاوت است بدین گونه که هندیان غالب احکام را با تکیه به حرکات ثوابت استنتاج می‌کنند نه سیارات.
  dar hind, tarīqa'ē bā rawiš-i munajjimān-i rūm u ērān mutafāwit ast bad-īn gōna ki hindīyān-i ğālib ahkām rā bā takya ba harakāt-i sawābit istintāj mē-kunand na sayyārāt.
  In India, there is a doctrine which is different from the practice of the astrologers of Rome and Iran, in this way: the majority of Indians draw their rulings based on the movements of the constant stars, not the planets.
  (Classical Persian romanization)

See also

مُختَلِف (moxtalef, “different, various”)

Further reading

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

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