خفه

Persian

Etymology

Related to the verb خفیدن (xafidan, “to choke; to cough”), from Proto-Iranian *xaf- (“to cough”), ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xa.ˈfa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.fǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.fǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xä.fǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xä.fǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæ.fé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χä.fǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	xafa
Dari reading?	xafa
Iranian reading?	xafe
Tajik reading?	xafa

Adjective

خفه • (xafe)

1. strangled, choked, suffocated
2. (by extension, of a room, place) stuffy, suffocating; toxic
3. (figurative, of a person) gloomy, despondent

Derived terms

• خفه شدن (xafe šodan, “to be suffocating, suffocate”)
• خفه کردن (xafe kardan, “to suffocate, choke”)

 

Descendants

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਖਫ਼ਾ (khafā)

  Shahmukhi script: خفا (xafā)