حفظی

Persian

Etymology

From (hifz / hefz, “memory”) +‎ (-ī / -i).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /hif.ˈziː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪf.zíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪf.zíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔif.zí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hef.zíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hif.zí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hifzī
Dari reading^?	hifzī
Iranian reading^?	hefzi
Tajik reading^?	hifzi

Adjective

حفظی • (hifzī / hefzi) (Tajik spelling ҳифзӣ)

memorized by heart; (adverbially) by heart, from memory

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “حفظی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim