शफ़ा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• शिफ़ा (śifā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شِفَاء (šifā'), from Arabic شِفَاء (šifāʔ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

शफ़ा • (śafā) f (Urdu spelling شفا)

1. recovery from sickness

Declension

Declension of शफ़ा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शफ़ा śafā	शफ़ाएँ śafāẽ
oblique	शफ़ा śafā	शफ़ाओं śafāõ
vocative	शफ़ा śafā	शफ़ाओ śafāo

Derived terms

• शफ़ाख़ाना (śafāxānā)

References

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