اسف

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَسَف (ʔasaf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ˈsaf]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽf]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽf]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽf]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽf]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.sǽf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽf]

Readings
Classical reading?	asaf
Dari reading?	asaf
Iranian reading?	asaf
Tajik reading?	asaf

Noun

اسف • (asaf)

1. sorrow, grief

   Synonyms: غم (ğam), اندوه (anduh), غصه (ğosse), حزن (hozn)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “اسف”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim