ضیافت

Kohistani Shina

Etymology

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Noun

ضیافت (zīyāfat)

  1. feast, meal
  2. dinner

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ضِيَافَة (ḍiyāfa).

Noun

ضیافت • (ziyafet)

  1. banquet; dinner party
    • 1909 February 11, “روسلر و عثمانلیلر [Russians and Ottomans]”, in Tanin:
      روسیه مجلس مبعوثاننده اوقتوبریست فرقه‌سی رئیسی موسیو غوچقوفه اولكی اقشام پراپالاسده اتحاد وترقی جمعیتی طرفندن بر ضیافت كشیده اولمشدر.
      Rusya meclis mebusanında oktobrist fırkası reisi mosyo Guçkof'a evvelki akşam Pera Palas'ta İttihad ve Terraki Cemiyeti tarafından bir ziyafet keşide olmuştır.
      A party was held last night by the CUP at the Pera Palace for the Russian parliament's Octobrist party leader Mr. Guchkov.

Usage notes
  • When the event is for somebody, the person's name is in the dative case.

Descendants
  • Turkish: ziyafet

Further reading
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “ziyafet”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ضیافت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 786b

Persian
Dari ضیافت
Iranian Persian
Tajik зиёфат

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضِيافة (ḍiyāfa, “hospitality”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [zi.jɑː.fät̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [zi.jɑː.fät̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [zi.jɔː.fät̪]

Readings
Classical reading? ziyāfat
Dari reading? ziyāfat
Iranian reading? ziyâfat
Tajik reading? ziyofat

Noun

ضیافت • (ziâfat)

  1. feast, banquet, entertainment
  2. hospitality

See also

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ضیافت (ziyāfat), from Arabic ضِيافة (ḍiyāfa, “hospitality”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ضیافَت • (zyāfat) ? (Hindi spelling ज़ियाफ़त)

  1. feast, meal
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