وفا

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic وَفَى (wafā)

Arabic وَفَاء (wafāʔ)bor.

Persian وفا

Borrowed from Arabic وَفَاء (wafāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wa.ˈfɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.fɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.fɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wä.fɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wä.fɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væ.fɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vä.fɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	wafā
Dari reading?	wafā
Iranian reading?	vafâ
Tajik reading?	vafo

Noun

Dari	وفا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	вафо

وفا • (vafâ)

1. loyalty; fidelity; constance

   Synonyms: وفاداری (vafâdâri), صداقت (sadâqat)

   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 4”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]:

     خز این قدر نتوان گفت در جمال تو عیب
     که وضع مهر وفا نیست روی زیبا را

     joz in qadar na-tavân goft dar jamâl-e to 'eyb
     ke vaz'-e mehr o vafâ nist ru-ye zibâ râ

     One cannot speak of any blemish in your charms, save this much; neither affection nor constancy is there on your beautiful face.

Derived terms

• بی‌وَفا (bi-vafâ)

 

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: वफ़ा (vafā)

  Urdu: وَفَا (vafā)

Proper noun

وفا • (vafâ)

1. a surname, Vafa or Vafo

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic وَفَى (wafā)

Arabic وَفَاء (wafāʔ)bor.

Classical Persian وَفَا (wafā)bor.

Urdu وَفَا (vafā)

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَفَا (wafā), borrowed from Arabic وَفَاء (wafāʔ), from وَفَى (wafā). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi وفا (vfa /⁠vafā⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋə.fɑː/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: وَ‧فا

Noun

وَفا • (vafā) f (Hindi spelling वफ़ा)

1. loyalty
2. fidelity

Declension

Declension of وفا
	singular	plural
direct	وَفا (vafā)	وَفائیں (vafāẽ)
oblique	وَفا (vafā)	وَفاؤں (vafāõ)
vocative	وَفا (vafā)	وَفاؤ (vafāo)

Derived terms

• وَفا کَرْنا (vafā karnā)
• وَفَادَار (vafādār)

Proper noun

وَفا • (vafā) f (Hindi spelling वफ़ा)

1. a female given name from Arabic

Further reading

• “وفا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “وفا”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]