"صدف" meaning in Persian

See صدف in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [sa.ˈðaf] [Classical-Persian], [sä.d̪ǽf] [Dari, formal], [sä.d̪ǽf] [Dari, formal], [sä.d̪ǽf] [Kabuli], [sä.d̪ǽf] (note: Hazaragi), [sæ.d̪ǽf] [Iran, formal], [sä.d̪ǽf] [Tajik, formal] Forms: sadaf [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic صَدَف (ṣadaf). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fa|ar|صَدَف}} Borrowed from Arabic صَدَف (ṣadaf) Head templates: {{head|fa|proper noun|||||head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|id=|tr=sadaf|tr2=|tr3=|tr4=}} صدف • (sadaf), {{fa-proper noun|tr=sadaf}} صدف • (sadaf)
  1. a female given name, Sadaf, from Arabic
    Sense id: en-صدف-fa-name-i-ZRm2Hy Categories (other): Persian female given names, Persian given names, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 7 3 3 9 3 17 14 26 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 3 3 9 3 16 14 27 10 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 82 18

Noun

IPA: [sa.ˈðaf] [Classical-Persian], [sä.d̪ǽf] [Dari, formal], [sä.d̪ǽf] [Dari, formal], [sä.d̪ǽf] [Kabuli], [sä.d̪ǽf] (note: Hazaragi), [sæ.d̪ǽf] [Iran, formal], [sä.d̪ǽf] [Tajik, formal] Forms: sadaf [romanization], صدفها [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic صَدَف (ṣadaf). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fa|ar|صَدَف}} Borrowed from Arabic صَدَف (ṣadaf) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|صدفها|||||f1tr=sadaf-hâ|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=sadaf|tr2=|tr3=}} صدف • (sadaf) (plural صدفها (sadaf-hâ)), {{fa-noun|pl=صدفها|tr=sadaf}} صدف • (sadaf) (plural صدفها (sadaf-hâ))
  1. shell, seashell
    Sense id: en-صدف-fa-noun-2trYRa8u

Inflected forms

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        "7": "",
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        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
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        "head2": "",
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        "tr3": ""
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        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              73,
              85
            ]
          ],
          "english": "What indeed shall I say? Compared with that pearl (Divine clemency) this oyster-shell (human clemency) is naught but the foam of the foam of the foam of foam.",
          "ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2677:",
          "roman": "xwad či goyad peš ân dar in sadaf / nest alâ kaf-i-kaf-i-kaf-i-kaf",
          "text": "خود چه گویم پیش آن در این صدف / نیست الا کف کف کف کف",
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          "ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2677:",
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