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عفو

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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عَفْو (ʕafwm

  1. verbal noun of عَفَا (ʕafā) (form I)
  2. pardon, forgiveness, remission of sins, amnesty, absolution
  3. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:219:
      وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنْفِقُونَ قُلِ ٱلْعَفْوَ
      wayasʔalūnaka māḏā yunfiqūna quli l-ʕafwa
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Descendants
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  • Azerbaijani: əfv
  • Chagatai: عَفْو
  • Northern Kurdish: efû
  • Ottoman Turkish: عفو (ʻafv)
    • Turkish: af
  • Persian: عفو ('afv)
  • Urdu: عفو

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ʕa.fuww/

Adjective

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عَفُوّ (ʕafuww)

  1. remitting much, clement, inclined to frequent pardon
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:149:
      إِنْ تُبْدُوا خَيْرًا أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ أَوْ تَعْفُوا عَنْ سُوءٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّٰهَ كَانَ عَفُوًّا قَدِيرًا
      ʔin tubdū ḵayran ʔaw tuḵfūhu ʔaw taʕfū ʕan sūʔin faʔinna llāha kāna ʕafuwwan qadīran
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic عَفْو (ʕafw).

Noun

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عفو (ʻafv)

  1. a forgiving, forgiveness, pardon
  2. an excusing from some duty
  3. a dismissing or releasing from some office, dismissal; release
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Turkish: af

References

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic عَفُوّ (ʕafuww).

Adjective

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عفو (ʻafüvv)

  1. habitually forgiving
  2. all-forgiving (God)
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Persian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic عَفْو (ʕafw).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? afw
Dari reading? afw
Iranian reading? afv
Tajik reading? afv

Noun

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عفو ('afv)

  1. erasing, cancelling, obliterating
  2. effacing the vestiges of the house, covering them with dust (wind)
  3. forgiving, passing by a transgression
  4. remitting punishment
  5. loathing anything
  6. pardon, forgiveness, remission of sins

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic عَفُوّ (ʕafuww).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? afuww
Dari reading? afuww
Iranian reading? ʔafov
Tajik reading? afuvv

Adjective

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عفو ('afovv)

  1. one who forgives much
    عفو و غفور'afovv va ğafur(God) the pardoner and forgiver

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Urdu

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic عَفْو (ʕafw).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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عفو ('afvm

  1. absolution, forgiveness, pardon, remission (of sins)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic عَفُوّ (ʕafuww).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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عفو ('afuvv)

  1. forgiving, merciful

References

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  • عفو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “عفو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • عفو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.