ग़फ़लत

See also: गफलत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian غفلت (ġaflat), from Arabic غَفْلَة (ḡafla).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɣəf.lət̪/, [ɣɐf.lɐt̪], /ɡəpʰ.lət̪/, [ɡɐpʰ.lɐt̪]

Noun

ग़फ़लत • (ġaflat) f (Urdu spelling غفلت)

1. negligence; carelessness

Declension

Declension of ग़फ़लत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ग़फ़लत ġaflat	ग़फ़लतें ġaflatẽ
oblique	ग़फ़लत ġaflat	ग़फ़लतों ġaflatõ
vocative	ग़फ़लत ġaflat	ग़फ़लतो ġaflato

References

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “गफ़लत”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ग़फ़लत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press