طرف دار
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See also: طرفدار
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian طرفدار (tarafdār). By surface analysis, طرف (taraf) + دار (-dār).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪ə.ɾəf d̪ɑːɾ/
Adjective
[edit]طَرَف دار • (taraf dār) (Hindi spelling तरफ़दार)
- taking a side; partial
Noun
[edit]طَرَف دار • (taraf dār) m (Hindi spelling तरफ़दार)
- a party-man, partisan; a follower; a sectary; an assistant
- Synonyms: سَمَرْتھَک (samarthak), ہِمایَتِی (himāyatī)
Further reading
[edit]- “دار طرف دار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “طرف دار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “دار طرف دار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.