لطفا

Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lutˤ.fan/

Noun

لُطْفًا • (luṭfan)

indefinite accusative singular of لُطْف‎ (luṭf)
adverbial accusative of لُطْف‎ (luṭf)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: lütfən
→ Ottoman Turkish: لطفا‎
- Turkish: lütfen
→ Persian: لطفا‎ (lotfan)
→ Urdu: لطفا‎ (lutfan)
→ Uzbek: lutfan

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُطْفًا‎ (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of لُطْف‎ (luṭf).

Adverb

لطفا • (lütfen)

as a favor, as a kindness

Descendants

Turkish: lütfen

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “لطفا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1632

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُطْفًا‎ (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of Arabic لُطْف‎ (luṭf, “kindness”). By surface analysis, ‎ (lotf, “kindness”) +‎ ‎ (-an).

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /lʊtfan/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /lotfæn/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /lutfan/

Adverb

Iranian Persian	لطفا
Dari	لطفا
Tajik	лутфан (lutfan)

لطفاً • (lotfan)

kindly

Interjection

Iranian Persian	لطفا
Dari	لطفا
Tajik	лутфан (lutfan)

لطفاً • (lotfan)

please

Related terms

لطف‎ (lotf)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُطْفًا‎ (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of لُطْف‎ (luṭf).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lʊt̪.fən/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /lʊt̪.fən/

Interjection

لطفاً • (lutfan) (Hindi spelling लतफ़न)

please

Adverb

لطفاً • (lutfan) (Hindi spelling लतफ़न)

kindly

Related terms

لطف‎ (lutf)

References

“لطفا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

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