दफ़ा

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪ə.fɑː/

Etymology 1

From Arabic دَفْعَة (dafʿa).

Noun

दफ़ा (dafā) f (Urdu spelling دفعہ)

  1. occasion, time
    • 2017 January 13, “जनरल जैकब ने कराया था 93 हज़ार पाकिस्तानी सैनिकों का आत्मसमर्पण”, in BBC Hindi:
      जनरल हसनैन बताते हैं, "पहली दफ़ा जब मैं उनसे मिला था 1961 की बात है. लेकिन इससे पहले 1951 से ही उनका नाता मेरे परिवार से जुड़ गया था, जब वो अहमद नगर में मेरे वालिद साहब के साथ पोस्टेड थे["].
      janral hasnain batāte ha͠i, "pahlī dafā jab ma͠i unse milā thā 1961 kī bāt hai. lekin isse pahle 1951 se hī unkā nātā mere parivār se juṛ gayā thā, jab vo ahmad nagar mẽ mere vālid sāhab ke sāth posṭeḍ the["].
      General Hasain said, "the first time I met him was 1961. But before this in 1951 he had already connected with my family, when he was posted to Ahmednagar with my father."
    Synonym: बार (bār)
  2. a clause, section (of a document)
  3. a class, grade (in school)
Declension
Declension of दफ़ा
Singular Plural
Direct दफ़ा (dafā) दफ़ाएँ (dafāẽ)
Oblique दफ़ा (dafā) दफ़ाओं (dafāon)
Vocative दफ़ा (dafā) दफ़ाओ (dafāo)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian دفاع (defâ), from Arabic دِفَاع (difāʿ), verbal noun of دَافَعَ (dāfaʿa).

Noun

दफ़ा (dafā) m (Urdu spelling دفاع)

  1. warding off, keeping away
    दफ़ा हो जा!dafā ho jā!Get lost!

References

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