"ظرف" meaning in Persian

See ظرف in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ðaɾf] [Classical-Persian], [zäɾf] [Dari, formal], [zäɾf] [Dari, formal], [zäɾf] [Kabuli], [zäɾf] (note: Hazaragi), [zæɹf] [Iran, formal], [zäɾf] [Tajik, formal] Forms: zarf [romanization], ظروف [plural], ظرفها [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fa|ar|ظَرْف}} Borrowed from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf), {{root|fa|ar|ظ ر ف}} Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|ظروف|or|ظرفها|||f1tr=zoruf|f2tr=zarf-hâ|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=zarf|tr2=|tr3=}} ظرف • (zarf) (plural ظروف (zoruf) or ظرفها (zarf-hâ)), {{fa-noun|pl=ظروف|pl2=ظرفها|pltr=zoruf|tr=zarf}} ظرف • (zarf) (plural ظروف (zoruf) or ظرفها (zarf-hâ))
  1. dish, vessel, container Synonyms: بشقاب
    Sense id: en-ظرف-fa-noun-Vf9uDNOC
  2. (figurative) ability, capacity Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-ظرف-fa-noun-puZEXJx6 Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 2 45 5 48
  3. (figurative) patience, forbearance Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-ظرف-fa-noun-6uu4onn0
  4. (grammar) adverb Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-ظرف-fa-noun-zx~Vm9uV Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 2 45 5 48 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "zərf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: zərf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: zərf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ظَرْف"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ظ ر ف"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zarf",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ظروف",
      "roman": "zoruf",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ظرفها",
      "roman": "zarf-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "ظروف",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "ظرفها",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "zoruf",
        "f2tr": "zarf-hâ",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "zarf",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ظرف • (zarf) (plural ظروف (zoruf) or ظرفها (zarf-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "ظروف",
        "pl2": "ظرفها",
        "pltr": "zoruf",
        "tr": "zarf"
      },
      "expansion": "ظرف • (zarf) (plural ظروف (zoruf) or ظرفها (zarf-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "clean the dishes (Dari, very formal)",
          "roman": "zarf-hā-rā pāk kun",
          "text": "ظرفهارا پاک کن",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the record for the most expensive porcelain dish has been broken",
          "ref": "2017, “عکسخبر؛ رکورد گرانترین ظرف چینی شکسته شد”, in BBC Persian:",
          "roman": "rekord-e gerân-tarin zarf-e čini šekaste šod",
          "text": "رکورد گرانترین ظرف چینی شکسته شد",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dish, vessel, container"
      ],
      "id": "en-ظرف-fa-noun-Vf9uDNOC",
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          "dish",
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        ],
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel"
        ],
        [
          "container",
          "container"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "بشقاب"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 45 5 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ability, capacity"
      ],
      "id": "en-ظرف-fa-noun-puZEXJx6",
      "links": [
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ],
        [
          "capacity",
          "capacity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) ability, capacity"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "patience, forbearance"
      ],
      "id": "en-ظرف-fa-noun-6uu4onn0",
      "links": [
        [
          "patience",
          "patience"
        ],
        [
          "forbearance",
          "forbearance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) patience, forbearance"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "fa:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 45 5 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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      ],
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          "grammar"
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          "adverb"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) adverb"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ðaɾf]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zäɾf]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zäɾf]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zäɾf]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zäɾf]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zæɹf]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zäɾf]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ظرف"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Persian terms derived from Arabic",
    "Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ظ ر ف",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: zərf"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ظ ر ف"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).",
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    {
      "form": "zarf",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ظروف",
      "roman": "zoruf",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ظرفها",
      "roman": "zarf-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "ظروف",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "ظرفها",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "zoruf",
        "f2tr": "zarf-hâ",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "zarf",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ظرف • (zarf) (plural ظروف (zoruf) or ظرفها (zarf-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "ظروف",
        "pl2": "ظرفها",
        "pltr": "zoruf",
        "tr": "zarf"
      },
      "expansion": "ظرف • (zarf) (plural ظروف (zoruf) or ظرفها (zarf-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with quotations",
        "Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "clean the dishes (Dari, very formal)",
          "roman": "zarf-hā-rā pāk kun",
          "text": "ظرفهارا پاک کن",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the record for the most expensive porcelain dish has been broken",
          "ref": "2017, “عکسخبر؛ رکورد گرانترین ظرف چینی شکسته شد”, in BBC Persian:",
          "roman": "rekord-e gerân-tarin zarf-e čini šekaste šod",
          "text": "رکورد گرانترین ظرف چینی شکسته شد",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dish, vessel, container"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dish",
          "dish"
        ],
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel"
        ],
        [
          "container",
          "container"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "بشقاب"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ability, capacity"
      ],
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        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ],
        [
          "capacity",
          "capacity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) ability, capacity"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "patience, forbearance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "patience",
          "patience"
        ],
        [
          "forbearance",
          "forbearance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) patience, forbearance"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "fa:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "adverb",
          "adverb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) adverb"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ðaɾf]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zäɾf]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zäɾf]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zäɾf]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zäɾf]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zæɹf]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zäɾf]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ظرف"
}

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