तरफ़दारी
See also: तरफ़दार
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian طرفداری (tarafdārī). By surface analysis, तरफ़ (taraf, “side”) + -दारी (-dārī, “one who bears”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪ə.ɾəf.d̪ɑː.ɾiː/, [t̪ɐ.ɾɐf.d̪äː.ɾiː], /t̪ə.ɾəpʰ.d̪ɑː.ɾiː/, [t̪ɐ.ɾɐpʰ.d̪äː.ɾiː]
- Hyphenation: त‧रफ़‧दा‧री
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
[edit]तरफ़दारी • (tarafdārī) f (Urdu spelling طرفداری)
- partisanship, partiality, bias
- Synonym: पक्षपात (pakṣapāt)
Declension
[edit]Declension of तरफ़दारी (fem ī-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | तरफ़दारी tarafdārī |
तरफ़दारियाँ tarafdāriyā̃ |
| oblique | तरफ़दारी tarafdārī |
तरफ़दारियों tarafdāriyõ |
| vocative | तरफ़दारी tarafdārī |
तरफ़दारियो tarafdāriyo |
Derived terms
[edit]- तरफ़दारी करना (tarafdārī karnā)
Further reading
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “tarafa”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 440
- “तरफ़-दारी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.