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دفن

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See also: دقن and ذقن

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
د ف ن (d f n)
4 terms

Verb

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دَفَنَ (dafana) I (non-past يَدْفِنُ (yadfinu), verbal noun دَفْن (dafn))

  1. to cover, to shroud, to conceal
  2. to bury
  3. to walk straight on
Conjugation
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Verb

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دَفَّنَ (daffana) II (non-past يُدَفِّنُ (yudaffinu), verbal noun تَدْفِين (tadfīn))

  1. to bury
    • a. 965, Al-Mutanabbi, نُعِدُّ ٱلْمَشْرَفِيَّةَ وَٱلْعَوَالِي (nuʕiddu l-mašrafiyyata wal-ʕawālī)[1]:
      يُدَفِّنُ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا وَتَمْشِي / أَوَاخِرُنَا عَلَى هَامِ ٱلْأَوَالِي
      yudaffinu baʕḍunā baʕḍan watamšī / ʔawāḵirunā ʕalā hāmi l-ʔawālī
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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دَفْن (dafnm

  1. verbal noun of دَفَنَ (dafana, to bury, to conceal) (form I)
  2. burying, burial
  3. concealing
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Maltese: difen
  • Azerbaijani: dəfn
  • Persian: دفن
  • Ottoman Turkish: دفن
  • Uyghur: دەپنە (depne)
  • Uzbek: dafn
References
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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic دَفْن (dafn).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? dafn
Dari reading? dafn
Iranian reading? dafn
Tajik reading? dafn

Noun

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دفن (dafn)

  1. burial, internment

Derived terms

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Further reading

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
د ف ن
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic دَفَنَ (dafana).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /da.fan/, [ˈda.fan]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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دفن (dafan) I (present بدفن (bidfin))

  1. to bury

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of دفن (dafan)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m دفنت (dafant) دفنت (dafant) دفن (dafan) دفننا (dafanna) دفنتو (dafantu) دفنو (dafanu)
f دفنتي (dafanti) دفنت (dafnat)
present m بدفن (badfin) بتدفن (btidfin) بدفن (bidfin) مندفن (mnidfin) بتدفنو (btidfinu) بدفنو (bidfinu)
f بتدفني (btidfini) بتدفن (btidfin)
subjunctive m أدفن (ʔadfin) تدفن (tidfin) يدفن (yidfin) ندفن (nidfin) تدفنو (tidfinu) يدفنو (yidfinu)
f تدفني (tidfini) تدفن (tidfin)
imperative m ادفن (idfin) ادفنو (idfinu)
f ادفني (idfini)