वफ़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (vafâ), from Arabic وَفَاء‎ (wafāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋə.fɑː/, [ʋə.fäː], /ʋə.pʰɑː/, [ʋə.pʰäː]

Noun

वफ़ा • (vafā) f (Urdu spelling وفا‎)

faith, loyalty, fidelity
Synonym: निष्ठा (niṣṭhā)

Declension

Declension of वफ़ा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वफ़ा vafā	वफ़ाएँ vafāẽ
oblique	वफ़ा vafā	वफ़ाओं vafāõ
vocative	वफ़ा vafā	वफ़ाओ vafāo

Derived terms

वफ़ा करना (vafā karnā)
वफ़ादार (vafādār)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “vafā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.