ضیافت

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ضیافت (zīyāfat)

1. feast, meal
2. dinner

From Arabic ضِيَافَة‎ (ḍiyāfa).

ضیافت • (ziyafet)

1. banquet; dinner party
   • 1909 February 11, “روسلر و عثمانلیلر [Russians and Ottomans]”, in Tanin:

     ‏روسیه مجلس مبعوثاننده اوقتوبریست فرقه‌سی رئیسی موسیو غوچقوفه اولكی اقشام پراپالاسده اتحاد وترقی جمعیتی طرفندن بر ضیافت كشیده اولمشدر.‎‎

     Rusya meclis mebusanında oktobrist fırkası reisi mosyo Guçkof'a evvelki akşam Pera Palas'ta İttihad ve Terraki Cemiyeti tarafından bir ziyafet keşide olmuştır.

     A party was held last night by the CUP at the Pera Palace for the Russian parliament's Octobrist party leader Mr. Guchkov.

• When the event is for somebody, the person's name is in the dative case.

• Turkish: ziyafet

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “ziyafet”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ضیافت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 786b

ضیافت • (ziâfat)

1. feast, banquet, entertainment
2. hospitality

• ضیافت‎ on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fa

Borrowed from Persian ضیافت‎

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zjɑː.fət̪/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /zjɑː.fət̪/

ضیافَت • (zyāfat) ? (Hindi spelling ज़ियफ़त)

1. feast, meal