دفتر

دفتر

Arabic

دفتر

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daf.tar/

Noun

دَفْتَر • (daftar) m (plural دَفَاتِر‎ (dafātir))

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

Declension

Declension of noun دَفْتَر (daftar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَفْتَر daftar	الدَّفْتَر‎ ad-daftar	دَفْتَر daftar
Nominative	دَفْتَرٌ daftarun	الدَّفْتَرُ‎ ad-daftaru	دَفْتَرُ daftaru
Accusative	دَفْتَرًا‎ daftaran	الدَّفْتَرَ‎ ad-daftara	دَفْتَرَ daftara
Genitive	دَفْتَرٍ daftarin	الدَّفْتَرِ‎ ad-daftari	دَفْتَرِ daftari
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَفْتَرَيْن‎ daftarayn	الدَّفْتَرَيْن‎ ad-daftarayn	دَفْتَرَيْ‎ daftaray
Nominative	دَفْتَرَانِ‎ daftarāni	الدَّفْتَرَانِ‎ ad-daftarāni	دَفْتَرَا‎ daftarā
Accusative	دَفْتَرَيْنِ‎ daftarayni	الدَّفْتَرَيْنِ‎ ad-daftarayni	دَفْتَرَيْ‎ daftaray
Genitive	دَفْتَرَيْنِ‎ daftarayni	الدَّفْتَرَيْنِ‎ ad-daftarayni	دَفْتَرَيْ‎ daftaray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَفَاتِر‎ dafātir	الدَّفَاتِر‎ ad-dafātir	دَفَاتِر‎ dafātir
Nominative	دَفَاتِرُ‎ dafātiru	الدَّفَاتِرُ‎ ad-dafātiru	دَفَاتِرُ‎ dafātiru
Accusative	دَفَاتِرَ‎ dafātira	الدَّفَاتِرَ‎ ad-dafātira	دَفَاتِرَ‎ dafātira
Genitive	دَفَاتِرَ‎ dafātira	الدَّفَاتِرِ‎ ad-dafātiri	دَفَاتِرِ‎ dafātiri

Descendants

• → Afar: daftár
• → Fula: deftere
• → Indonesian: daftar
• → Malay: daftar

References

• 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

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Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæf.tær/

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Noun

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

1. register, account book
2. notebook
3. office

References

• Bailey, H. W. (1933), “Western Iranian Dialects”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 32, issue 1, page 50
• http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/daftar-mid

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دفتر‎ (daftar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪əf.t̪əɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

دَفْتَر • (daftar) m (Hindi spelling दफ़्तर)

1. office, workplace

Declension

Declension of دفتر
	singular	plural
direct	دَفْتَر‎ (daftar)	دَفْتَر‎ (daftar)
oblique	دَفْتَر‎ (daftar)	دَفْتَروں‎ (daftarō̃)
vocative	دَفْتَر‎ (daftar)	دَفْتَرو‎ (daftarō)

References

• “دفتر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دفتر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.