وفاداری

Persian

Etymology

From وفادار (vafâdâr, “loyal”) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wa.fɑː.ðɑː.ˈɾiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.fɑː.d̪ɑː.ɾíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.fɑː.d̪ɑː.ɾíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wä.fɑː.d̪ɑː.ɾíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wä.fɔː.d̪ɔː.ɾí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væ.fɒː.d̪ɒː.ɹíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vä.fɔ.d̪ɔ.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading?	wafāḏārī
Dari reading?	wafādārī
Iranian reading?	vafâdâri
Tajik reading?	vafodori

Noun

وفاداری • (vafâdâri)

1. loyalty; troth (to a promise or a lover)

   Synonym: وفا (vafâ)

   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 155”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     و گر به رهگذری یک دم از وفاداری
     چو گرد در پی‌اش افتم چو باد بگریزد

     wa gar ba rahguzarē yak dam az wafādārī
     čō gard dar pay-aš uftam čō bād bugrēzad

     And if one moment on a passageway, out of my troth,
     I fall to her feet as dust, she escapes me like the wind.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)