ضعیف
See also: ضعيف
Kohistani Shina
Noun
ضعیف (za'īf)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf, “weak, feeble”).
Adjective
ضعیف • (zaʼif)
- weak, feeble, infirm, debilitated
- slim, thin, skinny
- Synonyms: آریق (arık), جلیز (cılız), صیصقه (sıska), نارین (narin), نازك (nâzik)
- emaciated, scrawny, gaunt, macilent
Derived terms
- ضعیفانه (zaʼifane, “pertaining to one who's weak”)
- ضعیفلاتمق (zaʼiflatmak, “to weaken”)
- ضعیفلامق (zaʼiflamak, “to become weak or thin”)
- ضعیفلانمق (zaʼiflanmak, “to become weak”)
- ضعیفلق (zaʼiflık, “debility, weakness”)
- ضعیفلو (zaʼiflı, “that includes weak individuals”)
Descendants
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “zayıf”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5442
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “ضعیف”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 307b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ضعیف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 784
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Debilis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 323
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “ضعیف”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 3044
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “zayıf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ضعیف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1211
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf), from ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /za.ˈʔiːf/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [zä.ʔiːf]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zæ.ʔiːf]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zä.ʔif]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | za'īf |
| Dari reading? | za'īf |
| Iranian reading? | za'if |
| Tajik reading? | za'if |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Adjective
| Dari | ضعیف |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | заъиф |
ضعیف • (za'if) (comparative ضعیفتَر, superlative ضعیفتَرین)
- weak, feeble
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 3098:
- چون همه اوصاف و اجزا شد نحیف / خویشتنداری و صبرت شد ضعیف
- čon hame owsâf o ajzâ šod nahif / xištan-dâri o sabr-at šod za'if
- Since all the functions and parts [of your body] are atrophied, your self-control and patience have become weak.
- thin, weakly
- Synonym: لاغر (lâġar)
- poor (of low quality), defective
Inflection
| bare | ضعیف (za'if) |
|---|---|
| ezâfe | ضعیف (za'if-e) |
| marked indefinite or relative definite |
ضعیفی (za'if-i) |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person (“I am, we are”) |
ضعیفم (za'ifam) | ضعیفیم (za'ifim) |
| 2nd person (“you are”) |
ضعیفی (za'ifi) | ضعیفید، ضعیفین△ (za'ifid, za'ifin△) |
| 3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”) |
ضعیف است، ضعیفه△ (za'if ast, za'ife△) | ضعیفند، ضعیفن△ (za'ifand, za'ifan△) |
△ Colloquial.
Urdu
Etymology
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Borrowed from Classical Persian ضَعِیف (za'īf), borrowed from Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf), from ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zə.(ʔ)iːf/
- Rhymes: -iːf
- Hyphenation: ضَ‧عِیف
Adjective
ضَعِیف • (za'īf) (indeclinable, feminine ضَعِیفَہ (za'īfa), Hindi spelling ज़ईफ़)
- weak; feeble
- old (of a person)
- weak; slow (of mind; opinion etc.)
- (Islam) weak; unreliable (of a Hadith)
Noun
ضَعِیف • (za'īf) m (formal plural ضُعَفا (zu'afā), feminine ضَعِیفَہ (za'īfa), Hindi spelling ज़ईफ़)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ضَعِیف (za'īf) | ضَعِیف (za'īf) |
| oblique | ضَعِیف (za'īf) | ضَعِیفوں (za'īfõ) |
| vocative | ضَعِیف (za'īf) | ضَعِیفو (za'īfo) |
Descendants
Further reading
More information
- “ضعیف”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “ضعیف”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ضعيف”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “ضعيف”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 749
- Fallon, S. W. (1879), “ضعیف”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834), “ضعیف”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
Ushojo
Etymology
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Borrowed from Urdu ضَعِیف (za'īf).
Adjective
ضعیف (za'īf)
Yidgha
Etymology
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Borrowed from Urdu ضَعِیف (za'īf).
Noun
ضعیف (ze'īf)