ضیافت

Kohistani Shina

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضِيافة (ḍiyāfa, “hospitality”).

Noun

ضیافت (zīyāfat)

1. feast, meal
2. dinner

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضِيَافَة (ḍiyāfa, “hospitality”).

Noun

ضیافت • (ziyâfet or zıyâfet) (definite accusative ضیافتی (ziyâfeti), plural ضیافتلر (ziyâfetler))

1. banquet, feast, any large and lavish meal, often of a ceremonial nature

   Synonym: طوی (toy, doy)

   • 1909 February 11, “روسلر و عثمانلیلر [Russians and Ottomans]”, in Tanin:

     روسیه مجلس مبعوثاننده اوقتوبریست فرقه‌سی رئیسی موسیو غوچقوفه اولكی اقشام پراپالاسده اتحاد وترقی جمعیتی طرفندن بر ضیافت كشیده اولمشدر.

     Rusya meclis mebusanında oktobrist fırkası reisi mosyo Guçkof'a evvelki akşam Pera Palas'ta İttihad ve Terraki Cemiyeti tarafından bir ziyafet keşide olmuştır.

     A party was held last night by the CUP at the Pera Palace for the Russian parliament's Octobrist party leader Mr. Guchkov.

2. dinner party, guestmeal, a meal at which guests eat in the host's home

Usage notes

• When the event is for somebody, the person's name is in the dative case.

Derived terms

• ضیافت ایتمك (ziyafet etmek, “to give a feast”)
• ضیافت ویرمك (ziyafet virmek, “to give a feast”)
• ضیافتجی (ziyafetci, “banqueter”)
• ضیافتلو (ziyafetli, “accompanied by a feast”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: ziyafet
• → Armenian: զիյաֆէթ (ziyafētʻ)
• → Crimean Tatar: ziyafet
• → Romanian: zaiafet

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ziyafet1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5492
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “ziyâfet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1431
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ضیافت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 786b
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Convivium”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 282
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ضیافت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 3058
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ziyafet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ضیافت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1216

Persian

Dari	ضیافت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	зиёфат

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضِيافة (ḍiyāfa, “hospitality”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zi.jɑː.fat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.jɑː.fät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.jɑː.fät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zi.jɑː.fät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zi.jɔː.fät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.jɒː.fæt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.jɔ.fät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	ziyāfat
Dari reading?	ziyāfat
Iranian reading?	ziyâfat
Tajik reading?	ziyofat

Noun

ضیافت • (ziâfat)

1. feast, banquet, entertainment
2. hospitality

See also

• ضیافت on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fa

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ضیافت (ziyāfat), from Arabic ضِيافة (ḍiyāfa, “hospitality”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zjɑː.fət̪/

Noun

ضیافَت • (zyāfat) ? (Hindi spelling ज़ियाफ़त)

1. feast, meal