طفولیت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طُفُولِيَّة (ṭufūliyya).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tu.fuː.lij.ˈjat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊ.fuː.li.jǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊ.fuː.li.jǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊ.fuː.li.jǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰu.fu.li.jǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰo.fuː.lij.jǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰu.fu.li.jǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	tufūliyyat
Dari reading?	tufūliyat
Iranian reading?	tofuliyyat
Tajik reading?	tufuliyat

Noun

طفولیت • (tofuliyyat)

1. (literary) childhood

   Synonyms: بچگی (baččegi), کودکی (kudaki)

   • c. 1180, Shihāb al-Dīn Suhrawardī, رسالة فی حالة الطفولیت [Story on the State of Childhood]:

     در طفولیت بر سر کویی چنانکه عادت کودکان باشد بازی می‌کردند. کودکی چند را دیدم که جمع می‌آمدند.

     dar tufūliyyat bar sar-i kōyē čunānki ādat-i kōdakān bāšad bāzī mē-kardand. kōdakē čand-rā dīdam ki jam' mē-āmadand.

     During my childhood, I was playing on the side of the alley as children are wont to do. I saw several children who were coming in a group.

     (Classical Persian romanization)