منفعت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْفَعَة (manfaʕa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [man.fa.ˈʔat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɱ.fä.ʔǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɱ.fä.ʔǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäɱ.fɑːǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäɱ.fɔːǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæɱ.fæ.ʔǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɱ.fä.ʔǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	manfa'at
Dari reading?	manfa'at
Iranian reading?	manfa'at
Tajik reading?	manfaʾat

Noun

منفعت • (manfa'at) (plural منافع (manâfe') or منفعت‌ها (manfa'at-hâ))

1. profit; gain

   Synonym: سود (sud)

   • 1258, Shaykh Muṣliḥ-ud-Dīn Saʿdī of Shiraz, translated by Wheeler M. Thackston, The Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa’di: Bilingual English and Persian Edition with Vocabulary, Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, published 2008, →ISBN, page 89:

     پسر گفت ای پدر، فواید سفر بسیار است. از نزهت خاطر و جر منافع و دیدن عجایب و شنیدن غرایب و تفرج بلدان و مجاورت خلان و تحصیل جاه و ادب و مزید مال و مکتسب و معرفت یاران و تجربت روزگاران […]

     pisar guft ay pidar, fawāyid-i safar bisyār ast, az nuzhat-i xātir u jarr-i manāfi' u dīdan-i ajāyib u šenīdan-i ğarāyib u tafarruj-i buldān u mujāwarat-i xullān u tahsīl-i jāh u adab u mazīd-i māl u muktasab u ma'rifat-i yārān u tajrubat-i rōzgārān […]

     ”Father,” said the son, “the benefits of travel are many—diversion for the mind, acquisition of profit, seeing wonders, hearing strange things, seeing different countries, getting to know new people, acquiring status, increase in wealth, acquiring knowledge, making the acquaintance of new friends, and experience of the world […] ”

     (Classical Persian romanization)

2. advantage; benefit; use