دفتر

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Arabic[edit]

دفتر

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian dptl (daftar), from Aramaic דפתרא / ܕܦܬܪܐ, from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra).[1][2]

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Noun[edit]

دَفْتَر (daftarm (plural دَفَاتِر (dafātir))

  1. register; roster
  2. notebook; copybook; exercise book

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Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “دفتر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  1. ^ "Daftar" in Bernard Lewis (1991), Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition, volume 2: C-G, edited by B. Lewis, Ch. Pellat and J. Schacht, assisted by J. Burton-Page, C. Dumont and V.L. Ménage, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, page 77b
  2. ^ http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/daftar-mid

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic دَفْتَر (daftar, register; notebook), from Aramaic דהפתּיר (defter), ultimately from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra)

Noun[edit]

دفتر (defter) (plural دفاتر (defatir))

  1. register, ledger, a book used for the inscription of lists, accounts, etc.
  2. notebook, rough book, a book in which notes and memoranda are written
    Synonym: سفینه (sefine)
  3. roll, catalogue, list, inventory, especially the ones kept for official purposes

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Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dptl /⁠daftar⁠/), from Aramaic דפתרא / ܕܦܬܪܐ, from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra). The learned plural دفاتر (dafâter) is re-borrowed from Arabic.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? daftar
Dari reading? daftar
Iranian reading? daftar
Tajik reading? daftar
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

Dari دفتر
Iranian Persian
Tajik дафтар

دفتر (daftar) (plural دفترها (daftar-hâ) or دفاتر (dafâter))

  1. register, account book
    وارد دفتر کردن
    vâred-e daftar kardan
    to register, to make an entry in the account book
  2. notebook, journal
    دفتر خاطرات روزانه
    daftar-e xâterât-e ruzâne
    personal journal
    (literally, “notebook of daily thoughts”)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 162”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎[1]:
      بشوی اوراق اگر همدرس مایی
      که علم عشق در دفتر نباشد
      bišōy awrāq agar hamdars-i mā-yī
      ki ilm-i išq dar daftar na-bāšad
      Wash away the pages if you are our classmate,
      For the science of love is not in the notebooks.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  3. office, office building
    رفتم دفترمraftam daftar-amI went to my office

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References[edit]

Urdu[edit]

Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian دفتر (daftar).

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Noun[edit]

دَفْتَر (daftarm (Hindi spelling दफ़्तर)

  1. office, workplace

Declension[edit]

Declension of دفتر
singular plural
direct دَفْتَر (daftar) دَفْتَر (daftar)
oblique دَفْتَر (daftar) دَفْتَروں (daftarō̃)
vocative دَفْتَر (daftar) دَفْتَرو (daftarō)

References[edit]

  • دفتر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • دفتر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.