معاف

معاف

1. Jawi spelling of maaf.‎

معاف

1. Jawi spelling of maaf.‎

معاف

1. Jawi spelling of maaf.‎

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَافًى (muʕāfan), from عَافَى (ʕāfā).

معاف • (mu'āf / mo'âf) (Tajik spelling муоф)

1. exempt

   معاف از گمرک ― mo'âf az gomrok ― exempt from customs duty

   معاف از خدمت ― mo'âf az xedmat ― exempt from [military] service

   • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎^[1]:

     شب به دیه باریاب بودم و از آنجا به راه سمنگان و طالقان به مروالرود شدم. پس به مرو رفتم و از آن شغل که به عهدهٔ من بود معاف خواستم و گفتم که مرا عزم سفر قبله است.

     šab ba dīh-i bāryāb būdam u az ānjā ba rāh-i samangān u tāluqān ba marwu-r-rūd šudam. pas ba marw raftam u az ān šuġl ki ba uhda-yi man būd mu'āf xwāstam u guftam ki ma-rā azm-i safar-i qibla ast.

     We were at the village of Bāryāb for the night, and from there, we went to Marw al-Rūd on the road to Samangān and Tāluqān. So we went to Marw, and I requested to be exempt from the job that was my duty and said that my desire was to journey to the Qibla [Mecca].

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُعَاف (mu'āf), borrowed from Arabic مُعَافًى (muʕāfan), from عَافَى (ʕāfā).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.(ʔ)ɑːf/, [mʊ.ɑ̯ːf]
• (Punjabic Urdu, Delhi Urdu) IPA^(key): [mɑːf]
• Rhymes: -ɑːf
• Hyphenation: مُ‧عاف

مُعَاف • (mu'āf) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling माफ़)

1. forgiven (for a mistake etc.)
2. pardoned (from a punishment)
3. absolved; cancelled (of a fine etc.)

• “معاف”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “معاف”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “معاف”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]