استعفا
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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِعْفَاء.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔis.tiʔ.ˈfɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰeʔ.fɒ́ː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰeʔ.fɔ́]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | isti'fā |
Dari reading? | iste'fā |
Iranian reading? | este'fâ |
Tajik reading? | isteʾfo |
Noun
استعفا • (este'fâ)
- resignation
- (dated) asking forgiveness (e.g. from God)
Derived terms
- استعفا دادن (este'fâ dâdan, “to resign”)
- استعفا کردن (este'fâ kardan, “to resign”)
Further reading
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “استعفا”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “استعفا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim