مخالفت

Persian

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Arabic مُخَالَفَة (muḵālafa).

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mʊ.xɑː.lɪ.fát̪]
      • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mʊ.xɑː.lɪ.fát̪]
      • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mu.xɔː.li.fát̪]
    • (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mu.χɔ.lä.fát̪], [mu.χɔ.li.fát̪]

    Readings
    Classical reading? muxālafat
    Dari reading? muxālifat
    Iranian reading? moxâlefat
    Tajik reading? muxolafat, muxolifat

    Noun

    مخالفت • (muxālifat / moxâlefat) (plural مخالفت‌ها (muxālifat-hā / moxâlefat-hâ), Tajik spelling мухолифат)

    1. disagreement
    2. objection, opposition
    3. defiance

    Derived terms

    • مخالفت کردن (moxâlefat kardan)

    Descendants

    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: मुख़ालिफ़त (muxālifat)
      Urdu: مُخَالِفَت (muxālifat)
    • Ottoman Turkish: مخالفت
    • Punjabi:
      Shahmukhi script: مُخَالْفَت (muxālfat)
      Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਖ਼ਾਲਫ਼ਤ (muxālfat)

    Punjabi

    Etymology

  • Borrowed from Classical Persian مُخَالِفَت (muxālifat), borrowed from Arabic مُخَالَفَة (muḵālafa), from خَالَفَ (ḵālafa).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    مُخَالْفَت • (muxālfatf (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੁਖ਼ਾਲਫ਼ਤ)

    1. opposition, antagonism, disagreement

    Declension

    Declension of مخالفت
    singular plural
    direct مُخَالْفَت (muxālfat) مُخَالْفَتاں (muxālfatāṉ)
    oblique مُخَالْفَت (muxālfat) مُخَالْفَتاں (muxālfatāṉ)
    vocative مُخَالْفَتے (muxālfate) مُخَالْفَتو (muxālfato)
    ablative مُخَالْفَتوں (muxālfatoṉ) مُخَالْفَتاں (muxālfatāṉ)
    locative مُخَالْفَتی (muxālfatī) مُخَالْفَتِیں (muxālfatīṉ)
    instrumental مُخَالْفَتِیں (muxālfatīṉ) مُخَالْفَتے (muxālfate)

    Further reading

    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “مُخالفَت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
    • Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “مخالفت”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press

    Urdu

    Etymology

  • Borrowed from Classical Persian مُخَالِفَت (muxālifat), borrowed from Arabic مُخَالَفَة (muḵālafa), from خَالَفَ (ḵālafa).

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊ.xɑː.lɪ.fət̪/
    • (colloquial or Punjabic Urdu) IPA(key): [mʊ.xɑːl.fət̪]
    • Rhymes: -ət̪
    • Hyphenation: مُ‧خَا‧لِ‧فَت

    Noun

    مُخَالِفَت • (muxālifatf (Hindi spelling मुख़ालिफ़त)

    1. opposition (ie. hostility)
    2. opposition (ie. disagreement)

    Declension

    Declension of مخالفت
    singular plural
    direct مُخَالِفَت (muxālifat) مُخَالِفَتیں (muxālifatẽ)
    oblique مُخَالِفَت (muxālifat) مُخَالِفَتوں (muxālifatõ)
    vocative مُخَالِفَت (muxālifat) مُخَالِفَتو (muxālifato)

    See also

    Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root خ ل ف (0 c, 9 e)

    Further reading

    • مخالفت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    • مخالفت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “مخالفت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
    • Platts, John T. (1884), “مخالفت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
    • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “مخالفت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
    • John Shakespear (1834), “مخالفت”, 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