कफ़न

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَفَن (kafan).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kə.fən/, [kɐ.fɐ̃n], /kə.pʰən/, [kɐ.pʰɐ̃n]

Noun

कफ़न • (kafan) m (Urdu spelling کفن)

1. shroud (used to cover the deceased)

   Synonym: शववस्त्र (śavvastra)

Declension

Declension of कफ़न (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कफ़न kafan	कफ़न kafan
oblique	कफ़न kafan	कफ़नों kafanõ
vocative	कफ़न kafan	कफ़नो kafano

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कफ़न”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press