माफ़ी
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier मुआफ़ी (muāfī), borrowed from Classical Persian معافی (mu'āfī), from Arabic مُعَاف (muʕāf). Compare Nepali माफ (māph), Punjabi ਮਾਫ਼ੀ (māfī).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]माफ़ी • (māfī) f (Urdu spelling معافی)
- forgiveness, pardon
- अब अपने पिता से माफ़ी माँग।
- ab apne pitā se māfī māṅg.
- Now go ask your father for forgiveness.
Declension
[edit]Declension of माफ़ी (fem ī-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]- माफ़ी माँगना (māfī māṅgnā)
Related terms
[edit]- माफ़ (māf)
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “माफ़ी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press