شفاف

Arabic

Root
ش ف ف (š-f-f)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaf.faːf/

Adjective

شَفَّاف • (šaffāf) (feminine شَفَّافَة (šaffāfa), masculine plural شَفَّافُونَ (šaffāfūna), feminine plural شَفَّافَات (šaffāfāt))

1. see-through, transparent
2. (textiles) sheer, thin, fine, delicate, see-through, transparent

   Synonym: رَقِيق (raqīq)

Declension

Declension of adjective شَفَّاف (šaffāf)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	شَفَّاف šaffāf	الشَّفَّاف aš-šaffāf	شَفَّافَة šaffāfa	الشَّفَّافَة aš-šaffāfa
Nominative	شَفَّافٌ šaffāfun	الشَّفَّافُ aš-šaffāfu	شَفَّافَةٌ šaffāfatun	الشَّفَّافَةُ aš-šaffāfatu
Accusative	شَفَّافًا šaffāfan	الشَّفَّافَ aš-šaffāfa	شَفَّافَةً šaffāfatan	الشَّفَّافَةَ aš-šaffāfata
Genitive	شَفَّافٍ šaffāfin	الشَّفَّافِ aš-šaffāfi	شَفَّافَةٍ šaffāfatin	الشَّفَّافَةِ aš-šaffāfati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	شَفَّافَيْن šaffāfayn	الشَّفَّافَيْن aš-šaffāfayn	شَفَّافَتَيْن šaffāfatayn	الشَّفَّافَتَيْن aš-šaffāfatayn
Nominative	شَفَّافَانِ šaffāfāni	الشَّفَّافَانِ aš-šaffāfāni	شَفَّافَتَانِ šaffāfatāni	الشَّفَّافَتَانِ aš-šaffāfatāni
Accusative	شَفَّافَيْنِ šaffāfayni	الشَّفَّافَيْنِ aš-šaffāfayni	شَفَّافَتَيْنِ šaffāfatayni	الشَّفَّافَتَيْنِ aš-šaffāfatayni
Genitive	شَفَّافَيْنِ šaffāfayni	الشَّفَّافَيْنِ aš-šaffāfayni	شَفَّافَتَيْنِ šaffāfatayni	الشَّفَّافَتَيْنِ aš-šaffāfatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	شَفَّافِين šaffāfīn	الشَّفَّافِين aš-šaffāfīn	شَفَّافَات šaffāfāt	الشَّفَّافَات aš-šaffāfāt
Nominative	شَفَّافُونَ šaffāfūna	الشَّفَّافُونَ aš-šaffāfūna	شَفَّافَاتٌ šaffāfātun	الشَّفَّافَاتُ aš-šaffāfātu
Accusative	شَفَّافِينَ šaffāfīna	الشَّفَّافِينَ aš-šaffāfīna	شَفَّافَاتٍ šaffāfātin	الشَّفَّافَاتِ aš-šaffāfāti
Genitive	شَفَّافِينَ šaffāfīna	الشَّفَّافِينَ aš-šaffāfīna	شَفَّافَاتٍ šaffāfātin	الشَّفَّافَاتِ aš-šaffāfāti

Derived terms

• شَفَّافِيَّة (šaffāfiyya)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: şəffaf
• → Northern Kurdish: şefaf, şeffaf
• → Persian: شفاف
• → Ottoman Turkish: شفاف (şeffaf)
  • → Turkish: şeffaf
• → Uzbek: shaffof

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَفَّاف (šaffāf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃaf.ˈfɑːf]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäf.fɑ́ːf]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäf.fɑ́ːf]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃäf.fɑ́ːf]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃäf.fɔ́ːf]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæf.fɒ́ːf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäf.fɔ́f]

Readings
Classical reading?	šaffāf
Dari reading?	šaffāf
Iranian reading?	šaffâf
Tajik reading?	šaffof

Adjective

شفاف • (šaffâf)

1. transparent, see-through
2. transparent, open, public
3. (of a dream) lucid

   خواب شفاف ― xâb-e šaffâf ― lucid dream

   رویای شفاف ― ro'yâ-ye šaffâf ― lucid dream

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “شفاف”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim