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وفد

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Arabic

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Root
و ف د (w f d)
2 terms

Noun

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وَفْد (wafdm (plural وُفُود (wufūd))

  1. verbal noun of وَفَدَ (wafada) (form I)
  2. delegation, despatch, mission
  3. entourage

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Verb

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وَفَدَ (wafada) I (non-past يَفِدُ (yafidu), verbal noun وَفْد (wafd) or وُفُود (wufūd) or وِفَادَة (wifāda))

  1. to arrive, to come to, to enter

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Verb

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وَفَّدَ (waffada) II (non-past يُوَفِّدُ (yuwaffidu), verbal noun تَوْفِيد (tawfīd))

  1. to send, to let arrive, to dispatch

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian وَفْد (vafd), from Arabic وَفْد (wafd).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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وَفْد (vafdm (formal plural وُفُود (vufūd), Hindi spelling वफ़्द)

  1. delegation
  2. deputation
  3. (rare) an ambassador
    Synonyms: سَفِیر (safīr), ایلْچی (elcī)

Declension

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    Declension of وفد
singular plural
direct وَفْد (vafd) وَفْد (vafd)
oblique وَفْد (vafd) وَفْدوں (vafdõ)
vocative وَفْد (vafd) وَفْدو (vafdo)

Further reading

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  • وفد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • وفد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “وفد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.