تفت

See also: ثقب, ث ق ب, نقب, and نفت

Persian

Etymology

Deverbal from تفتن (taftan, “to be hot”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tep-; see there for further information.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [taft]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäft̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäft̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäft̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäft̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæft̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäft̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	taft
Dari reading?	taft
Iranian reading?	taft
Tajik reading?	taft

Noun

تفت • (taft)

1. heat, warmth

Derived terms

• تفت دادن (taft dâdan)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “تفت”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تفت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim