وظیفه

See also: وظيفة

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَظِيفَة (waẓīfa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wa.ziː.ˈfa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.ziː.fǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.ziː.fǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wä.ziː.fǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wä.zi.fǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væ.ziː.fé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vä.zi.fǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	wazīfa
Dari reading?	wazīfa
Iranian reading?	vazife
Tajik reading?	vazifa

Noun

Dari	وظیفه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	вазифа

وظیفه • (vazife) (plural وظایف (vazâyef) or وظیفه‌ها (vazife-hâ))

1. duty, obligation; task

   وظیفه‌‌ای که به او داده شده بود را نتوانست درست انجام دهد.

   vazife'i ke be u dâde šode bud râ na-tavânest dorost anjâm dehad.

   He was unable to do the task that was given to him.

   • c. 1250s, Rumi, “Ghazal 2050”, in دیوان شمس تبریزی [Divan-i Shams-i Tabrizi]‎^[1]:

     ما را وظیفه‌هاست ز لطف تو صد هزار
     درمانده گشت دل که چه گوید کدام کن

     mā rā wazīfa-hā-st zi luft-i tu sad hazār
     darmānda gašt dil ki či gūyad kodām kun

     I have a hundred thousand duties for the sake of your favor,
     And the heart has turned desperate; what can it say? What can it do?

     (Classical transliteration)

2. pension, stipend

Derived terms

• وظیفه‌شناس (vazife-šenâs)
• وظیفه‌شناسی (vazife-šenâsi)

 

Related terms

• موظف (movazzaf)

 

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “وظیفه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press