वफ़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وفا (wafā), from Arabic وَفَاء (wafāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋə.fɑː/, [ʋɐ.fäː], /ʋə.pʰɑː/, [ʋɐ.pʰäː]

Noun

वफ़ा • (vafā) f (Urdu spelling وفا)

1. faith, loyalty, fidelity

   Synonym: निष्ठा (niṣṭhā)

Declension

Declension of वफ़ा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वफ़ा vafā	वफ़ाएँ vafāẽ
oblique	वफ़ा vafā	वफ़ाओं vafāõ
vocative	वफ़ा vafā	वफ़ाओ vafāo

Derived terms

• वफ़ा करना (vafā karnā)
• वफ़ादार (vafādār)

References

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