آلفته

Persian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-. If so cognate with English love.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.luf.ta]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.lʊf.t̪ʰä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.lʊf.t̪ʰä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.luf.t̪ʰä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.lof.t̪ʰe]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.luf.t̪ʰä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ālufta
Dari reading^?	ālufta
Iranian reading^?	âlofte
Tajik reading^?	olufta

Adjective

آلفته • (âlofte)

(archaic) enamored
(archaic) confused, slow (in Bukharan Persian)

Related terms

آلفتن (âloftan)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “آلفته”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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