دفعه

See also: دفعہ and دفعة

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَفْعَة (dafʕa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [daf.ˈʔa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äf.ʔǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äf.ʔǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.fǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.fǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æf.ʔé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äf.ʔǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	daf'a
Dari reading?	daf'a
Iranian reading?	daf'e
Tajik reading?	dafʾa

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

دفعه • (daf'e)

Dari	دفعه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маротиба

1. time (occurrence)

   Synonyms: بار (bâr), مرتبه (martabe)

   دفعه دیگر ― daf'e-ye digar ― next time

   سالی پنج دفعه ― sâli panj daf'e ― five times a year

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1207:

     کز کمی خشت دیوار بلند
     پست‌تر گردد به هر دفعه که کند

     k-az kamī-yi xišt dēwār-i buland
     past-tar gardad ba har daf'a ki kand

     Since by diminution of the bricks, the high wall
     Becomes lower every time that one is removed.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: dəfə
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दफ़ा (dafā)

  Urdu: دَفْعَہ (daf'a)

• → Ottoman Turkish: دفعه (def'a)
  • Turkish: defa
• → Uzbek: dafʼa