کثیف

See also: كثيف

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَثِيف (kaṯīf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.siːf]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.siːf]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.siːf]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.siːf]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.sif]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.siːf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.sif]

Readings
Classical reading?	kasīf
Dari reading?	kasīf
Iranian reading?	kasif
Tajik reading?	kasif

Adjective

Dari	چتل
Iranian Persian	کثیف
Tajik	ифлос

کثیف • (kasif) (comparative کثیف‌تَر (kasif-tar), superlative کثیف‌تَرین (kasif-tarin))

1. dirty, unclean

   Synonym: چرکین (čerkin)

   Antonym: تمیز (tamiz)

   • c. 1080, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, “Qaṣīda 191”, in دیوان ناصرخسرو [Dīvān of Nāṣir-i Khusraw]‎^[1]:

     تا نشناسی تو لطیف از کثیف
     مانده‌ای اندر قفس آهنین

     tā na-šināsī tu latīf az kasīf
     mānda'ī andar qafas-i āhanīn

     As long as you do not tell apart the elegant from the filthy,
     You will remain in the iron cage.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

verbs

• کثیف شدن (kasif šodan, “to be dirtied”)
• کثیف کردن (kasif kardan, “to dirty”)

 

other

• کثیفی (kasifi, “dirtiness”)