عفت

See also: عقب

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ع ف ت (ʿ-f-t)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.fa.ta/

Verb

عَفَتَ (ʿafata) I, non-past يَعْفِتُ‎ (yaʿfitu)

  1. to break by twisting, to wring, to break without severing, to mangle
  2. to speak Arabic with difficulty, to struggle with or mangle the language
Conjugation

References

Etymology 2

Verb

عَفَتْ (ʿafat) (form I)

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of عَفَا (ʿafā)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عِفَّة (ʿiffa), from ع ف ف (ʿ-f-f) meaning to abstain, to hold back.

Noun

عفت (transliteration needed)

  1. chastity, abstinence, modesty
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