تفاوت

Arabic

Root
ف و ت (f-w-t)

Verb

تَفَاوَتَ • (tafāwata) VI, non-past يَتَفَاوَتُ‎ (yatafāwatu)

1. to be disparate, to vary, to differ, to be distinguishable

   تَانِكَ ٱلْأُخْتَانِ تَتَفَاوَتَانِ فِي ٱلسِّنِّ

   tānika l-ʔuḵtāni tatafāwatāni fī s-sinni

   Those two sisters differ in age.

Conjugation

Conjugation of

تَفَاوَتَ

(form-VI sound)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَفَاوُت tafāwut
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُتَفَاوِت mutafāwit
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُتَفَاوَت mutafāwat
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تَفَاوَتُّ tafāwattu	تَفَاوَتَّ tafāwatta	تَفَاوَتَ tafāwata		تَفَاوَتُّمَا tafāwattumā	تَفَاوَتَا tafāwatā		تَفَاوَتْنَا tafāwatnā	تَفَاوَتُّمْ tafāwattum	تَفَاوَتُوا tafāwatū
	f		تَفَاوَتِّ tafāwatti	تَفَاوَتَتْ tafāwatat			تَفَاوَتَتَا tafāwatatā			تَفَاوَتُّنَّ tafāwattunna	تَفَاوَتْنَ tafāwatna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَتَفَاوَتُ ʔatafāwatu	تَتَفَاوَتُ tatafāwatu	يَتَفَاوَتُ yatafāwatu		تَتَفَاوَتَانِ tatafāwatāni	يَتَفَاوَتَانِ yatafāwatāni		نَتَفَاوَتُ natafāwatu	تَتَفَاوَتُونَ tatafāwatūna	يَتَفَاوَتُونَ yatafāwatūna
	f		تَتَفَاوَتِينَ tatafāwatīna	تَتَفَاوَتُ tatafāwatu			تَتَفَاوَتَانِ tatafāwatāni			تَتَفَاوَتْنَ tatafāwatna	يَتَفَاوَتْنَ yatafāwatna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَتَفَاوَتَ ʔatafāwata	تَتَفَاوَتَ tatafāwata	يَتَفَاوَتَ yatafāwata		تَتَفَاوَتَا tatafāwatā	يَتَفَاوَتَا yatafāwatā		نَتَفَاوَتَ natafāwata	تَتَفَاوَتُوا tatafāwatū	يَتَفَاوَتُوا yatafāwatū
	f		تَتَفَاوَتِي tatafāwatī	تَتَفَاوَتَ tatafāwata			تَتَفَاوَتَا tatafāwatā			تَتَفَاوَتْنَ tatafāwatna	يَتَفَاوَتْنَ yatafāwatna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَتَفَاوَتْ ʔatafāwat	تَتَفَاوَتْ tatafāwat	يَتَفَاوَتْ yatafāwat		تَتَفَاوَتَا tatafāwatā	يَتَفَاوَتَا yatafāwatā		نَتَفَاوَتْ natafāwat	تَتَفَاوَتُوا tatafāwatū	يَتَفَاوَتُوا yatafāwatū
	f		تَتَفَاوَتِي tatafāwatī	تَتَفَاوَتْ tatafāwat			تَتَفَاوَتَا tatafāwatā			تَتَفَاوَتْنَ tatafāwatna	يَتَفَاوَتْنَ yatafāwatna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		تَفَاوَتْ tafāwat			تَفَاوَتَا tafāwatā				تَفَاوَتُوا tafāwatū
	f		تَفَاوَتِي tafāwatī							تَفَاوَتْنَ tafāwatna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	تُفُووِتَ tufūwita		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُتَفَاوَتُ yutafāwatu		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُتَفَاوَتَ yutafāwata		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُتَفَاوَتْ yutafāwat		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

Noun

تَفَاوُت • (tafāwut) m

1. verbal noun of تَفَاوَتَ (tafāwata) (form VI)
2. difference, distinction, disparity
3. state of being uneven

Declension

Declension of noun تَفَاوُت (tafāwut)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَفَاوُت tafāwut	التَّفَاوُت at-tafāwut	تَفَاوُت tafāwut
Nominative	تَفَاوُتٌ tafāwutun	التَّفَاوُتُ at-tafāwutu	تَفَاوُتُ tafāwutu
Accusative	تَفَاوُتًا tafāwutan	التَّفَاوُتَ at-tafāwuta	تَفَاوُتَ tafāwuta
Genitive	تَفَاوُتٍ tafāwutin	التَّفَاوُتِ at-tafāwuti	تَفَاوُتِ tafāwuti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: təfavüt
• → Ottoman Turkish: تفاوت (tefâvüt)
  • Turkish: tefavüt
• → Persian: تفاوت (tafâvot)
  • → Middle Bengali: তফাউত (tophaut)
    • Bengali: তফাত (tophat)
• → Swahili: tofauti
• → Tabasaran: тафавут (tafavut)
• → Tajik: тәфавот
• → Uzbek: tafovut

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَفَاوُت (tafāwut).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.fɑː.wut]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.fɑː.wʊt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.fɑː.wʊt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.fɑː.wʊt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.fɔː.wut̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.fɒː.vot̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.fɔ.vut̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	tafāwut
Dari reading?	tafāwut
Iranian reading?	tafâvot
Tajik reading?	tafovut

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Noun

تَفاوُت • (tafâvot) (plural تَفاوُت‌ها (tafâvot-hâ))

1. difference

   Synonym: فَرق (farq)

   Antonym: شَباهَت (šabâhat)

   تفاوت بین دو شکل را پیدا کن

   tafâvot beyn-e do šekl râ peydâ kon

   find the difference between the two pictures

2. (archaic) distance

   Synonym: فاصله (fâsele)

   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 3”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]‎^[1]:

     صلاح کار کجا و من خراب کجا
     ببین تفاوت ره کز کجاست تا به کجا

     salāh-i kār kujā u man-i xarāb kujā
     bibēn tafāwut-i rah k-az kujā-st tā be kujā

     Where is the righteousness of works, and where am I, the broken one?
     Look at the distance of the road—from where to where?

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

• بی‌تَفاوُت (bi-tafâvot)
• تَفاوُت دادن (tafâvot dâdan)
• تَفاوُت کَردَن (tafâvot kardan)

 

Related terms

• مُتَفاوِت (motafâvet, “different”)