طفیل

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طُفَيْل (ṭufayl); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tu.ˈfajl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊ.fǽjl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊ.fǽjl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊ.fǽjl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰu.fǽjl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰo.ˈfejl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰu.fǽjl]

Readings
Classical reading?	tufayl
Dari reading?	tufayl
Iranian reading?	tofeyl
Tajik reading?	tufayl

Noun

طفیل • (tofeyl)

1. gatecrasher, uninvited guest

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “طفیل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim