کفن

See also: كفن

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَفَن (kafan).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.fän]

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	kafan
Dari reading?	kafan
Iranian reading?	kafan
Tajik reading?	kafan

Noun

Dari	کَفَن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	кафан

کَفَن • (kafan)

1. shroud; wrapping of the dead
   • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of Siyāwush”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[1]:

     کسی کاو بود مهتر انجمن
     کفن بهتر او را ز فرمان زن

     kasē k-ō buwad mihtar-i anjuman
     kafan bihtar ō rā zi farmān-i zan

     For a person who is at the head of the warband,
     The shroud is better than [obeying] a woman's command.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: કફન (kaphan)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: कफ़न (kafan)

  Urdu: کفن (kafan)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “کفن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim