دفتر

Arabic
دفتر

Etymology

From Middle Persian dptl (daftar), from Aramaic דפתרא‎ / ܕܦܬܪܐ‎, from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /daf.tar/

Noun

دَفْتَر • (daftar) m (plural دَفَاتِر‎ (dafātir))

  1. register; roster
  2. notebook; copybook; exercise book

Declension
Declension of noun دَفْتَر (daftar)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَفْتَر
daftar		 الدَّفْتَر‎
ad-daftar		 دَفْتَر
daftar
Nominative دَفْتَرٌ
daftarun		 الدَّفْتَرُ‎
ad-daftaru		 دَفْتَرُ
daftaru
Accusative دَفْتَرًا‎
daftaran		 الدَّفْتَرَ‎
ad-daftara		 دَفْتَرَ
daftara
Genitive دَفْتَرٍ
daftarin		 الدَّفْتَرِ‎
ad-daftari		 دَفْتَرِ
daftari
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَفْتَرَيْن‎
daftarayn		 الدَّفْتَرَيْن‎
ad-daftarayn		 دَفْتَرَيْ‎
daftaray
Nominative دَفْتَرَانِ‎
daftarāni		 الدَّفْتَرَانِ‎
ad-daftarāni		 دَفْتَرَا‎
daftarā
Accusative دَفْتَرَيْنِ‎
daftarayni		 الدَّفْتَرَيْنِ‎
ad-daftarayni		 دَفْتَرَيْ‎
daftaray
Genitive دَفْتَرَيْنِ‎
daftarayni		 الدَّفْتَرَيْنِ‎
ad-daftarayni		 دَفْتَرَيْ‎
daftaray
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَفَاتِر‎
dafātir		 الدَّفَاتِر‎
ad-dafātir		 دَفَاتِر‎
dafātir
Nominative دَفَاتِرُ‎
dafātiru		 الدَّفَاتِرُ‎
ad-dafātiru		 دَفَاتِرُ‎
dafātiru
Accusative دَفَاتِرَ‎
dafātira		 الدَّفَاتِرَ‎
ad-dafātira		 دَفَاتِرَ‎
dafātira
Genitive دَفَاتِرَ‎
dafātira		 الدَّفَاتِرِ‎
ad-dafātiri		 دَفَاتِرِ‎
dafātiri

Descendants
  • → Afar: daftár
  • → Fula: deftere
  • → Indonesian: daftar
  • → Malay: daftar
  • → Turkish: defter

References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “دفتر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  1. "Daftar" in Bernard Lewis (1991), Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition, volume 2: C-G, edited by B. Lewis, Ch. Pellat and J. Schacht, assisted by J. Burton-Page, C. Dumont and V.L. Ménage, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, page 77b
  2. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/daftar-mid

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian dptl (daftar), from Aramaic דפתרא‎ / ܕܦܬܪܐ‎, from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra). The learned plural دفاتر (dafâter) is re-borrowed from Arabic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dæf.tær/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

دفتر • (daftar) (plural دفترها‎ (daftar-hâ) or دفاتر‎ (dafâter))

  1. register, account book
  2. notebook
  3. office

References

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دفتر‎ (daftar).

Pronunciation

Noun

دَفْتَر • (daftar) m (Hindi spelling दफ़्तर)

  1. office, workplace

Declension
Declension of دفتر
singular plural
direct دَفْتَر‎ (daftar) دَفْتَر‎ (daftar)
oblique دَفْتَر‎ (daftar) دَفْتَروں‎ (daftarō̃)
vocative دَفْتَر‎ (daftar) دَفْتَرو‎ (daftarō)

References
  • “دفتر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “دفتر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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