शफ़ा

Hindi

Alternative forms

शिफ़ा (śifā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شِفَاء (šifāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃə.fɑː/, [ʃɐ.fäː], /ʃə.pʰɑː/, [ʃɐ.pʰäː]

Noun

शफ़ा • (śafā) f (Urdu spelling شفا)

recovery from sickness

Declension

Declension of शफ़ा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शफ़ा śafā	शफ़ाएँ śafāẽ
oblique	शफ़ा śafā	शफ़ाओं śafāõ
vocative	शफ़ा śafā	शफ़ाओ śafāo

Derived terms

शफ़ाख़ाना (śafāxānā)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शफ़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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