افترا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِفْتِرَاء (iftirāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔif.ti.ˈɾɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪf.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪf.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪf.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔif.t̪ʰi.ɾɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔef.t̪ʰe.ɹɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔif.t̪ʰi.ɾɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	iftirā
Dari reading?	iftirā
Iranian reading?	efterâ
Tajik reading?	iftiro

Noun

افترا • (efterâ)

1. calumny, aspersion, slander

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “افترا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “افترا”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press