دفعه

See also: دفعہ‎ and دفعة‎

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic دَفْعَة‎ (dafʕa).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /dafʔa/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /dafʔa/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /dæfʔe/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /dafʔa/

Noun

دفعه • (daf'e)

Iranian Persian	دفعه
Dari	دفعه
Tajik	маротиба (marotiba)

time (occurrence)
Synonym: بار‎ (bâr)

‏‎‎ ― daf'e-ye digar ― next time

‏‎ ― sâl-i panj daf'e ― five times a year
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1207:
  ‏کز کمی خشت دیوار بلند / پست‌تر گردد به هر دفعه که کند‎
  k-az kami-ye xešt divâr-e boland / past-tar gardad be har daf'e ke kand
  Since by diminution of the bricks the high wall becomes lower every time that one is removed.

Descendants

Hindustani:
→ Hindi: दफ़ा (dafā)

→ Urdu: دفعہ‎ (daf'ā, dafaā)

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