التفات

Arabic

Root
ل ف ت (l f t)
6 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِلْتَفَتَ (iltafata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il.ti.faːt/
• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

اِلْتِفَات • (iltifāt) m

1. verbal noun of اِلْتَفَتَ (iltafata) (form VIII)
2. (rhetoric) apostrophe

   Synonym: مُنَاجَاة (munājāh)

Declension

Declension of noun اِلْتِفَات (iltifāt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِلْتِفَات iltifāt	الِالْتِفَات al-iltifāt	اِلْتِفَات iltifāt
Nominative	اِلْتِفَاتٌ iltifātun	الِالْتِفَاتُ al-iltifātu	اِلْتِفَاتُ iltifātu
Accusative	اِلْتِفَاتًا iltifātan	الِالْتِفَاتَ al-iltifāta	اِلْتِفَاتَ iltifāta
Genitive	اِلْتِفَاتٍ iltifātin	الِالْتِفَاتِ al-iltifāti	اِلْتِفَاتِ iltifāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: iltifat
• → Ottoman Turkish: التفات (iltifat)

  Turkish: iltifat

• → Classical Persian: اِلْتِفَات (iltifāt)
  • → Chagatai: التفات (iltifāt)
    • Uyghur: ئىلتىپات (iltipat)
    • Uzbek: iltifot

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِلْتِفَات (iltifāt).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔil.ti.ˈfɑːt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪl̪.t̪ʰɪ.fɑ́ːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪl̪.t̪ʰɪ.fɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪl̪.t̪ʰɪ.fɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔil̪.t̪ʰi.fɔ́ːt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔel̪.t̪ʰe.fɒ́ːt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔil̪.t̪ʰi.fɔ́t̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	iltifāt
Dari reading?	iltifāt
Iranian reading?	eltefât
Tajik reading?	iltifot

Noun

التفات • (eltefât)

1. favor; kindness
2. attention

   Synonym: توجه (tavajjoh)

   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 329”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     شاهین صفت چو طعمه چشیدم ز دست شاه
     کی باشد التفات به صید کبوترم

     šāhīn sifat čū tu'ma čašīdam zi dast-i šāh
     kay bāšad iltifāt ba sayd-i kabūtaram

     When I have tasted morsels from the king's hand like the royal falcon,
     How shall my attention be towards hunting pigeons?

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

3. (rhetoric) apostrophe

Descendants

• → Chagatai: التفات (iltifāt)
  • Uyghur: ئىلتىپات (iltipat)
  • Uzbek: iltifot