دفتر

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Arabic

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دفتر

Etymology

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From Middle Persian dptl (daftar), from Aramaic דפתרא / ܕܦܬܪܐ, from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دَفْتَر (daftarm (plural دَفَاتِر (dafātir))

  1. register; roster
  2. notebook; copybook; exercise book

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “دفتر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  1. ^ "Daftar" in Bernard Lewis (1991), Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition, volume 2: C-G, edited by B. Lewis, Ch. Pellat and J. Schacht, assisted by J. Burton-Page, C. Dumont and V.L. Ménage, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, page 77b
  2. ^ http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/daftar-mid

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic دَفْتَر (daftar, register; notebook), from Aramaic דהפתּיר (defter), ultimately from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra)

Noun

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دفتر (defter) (plural دفاتر (defatir))

  1. register, ledger, a book used for the inscription of lists, accounts, etc.
    Synonym: جریده (ceride)
  2. notebook, rough book, a book in which notes and memoranda are written
    Synonym: سفینه (sefine)
  3. roll, catalogue, list, inventory, especially the ones kept for official purposes
    Synonym: پوصوله (pusula)

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Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (dptl /⁠daftar⁠/), from Aramaic דפתרא / ܕܦܬܪܐ, from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra). The learned plural دفاتر (dafâter) is re-borrowed from Arabic.

    Pronunciation

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    Readings
    Classical reading? daftar
    Dari reading? daftar
    Iranian reading? daftar
    Tajik reading? daftar
    • Audio (Iran):(file)

    Noun

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    Dari دفتر
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik дафтар

    دفتر (daftar) (plural دفترها (daftar-hâ) or دفاتر (dafâter))

    1. register, account book
      وارد دفتر کردن
      vâred-e daftar kardan
      to register, to make an entry in the account book
    2. notebook, journal
      دفتر خاطرات روزانه
      daftar-e xâterât-e ruzâne
      personal journal
      (literally, “notebook of daily thoughts”)
      • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 162”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎[6]:
        بشوی اوراق اگر همدرس مایی
        که علم عشق در دفتر نباشد
        bišōy awrāq agar hamdars-i mā-yī
        ki ilm-i išq dar daftar na-bāšad
        Wash away the pages if you are our classmate,
        For the science of love is not in the notebooks.
        (Classical Persian transliteration)
    3. office, office building
      رفتم دفترمraftam daftar-amI went to my office

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    Urdu

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    Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Classical Persian دَفْتَر (daftar).

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      Noun

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      دَفْتَر (daftarm (Hindi spelling दफ़्तर)

      1. office, workplace

      Declension

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          Declension of دفتر
      singular plural
      direct دَفْتَر (daftar) دَفْتَر (daftar)
      oblique دَفْتَر (daftar) دَفْتَروں (daftarõ)
      vocative دَفْتَر (daftar) دَفْتَرو (daftaro)

      References

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      • دفتر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
      • دفتر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.