تفاوت

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ف و ت (f-w-t).

Verb

تَفَاوَتَ • (tafāwata) VI, non-past يَتَفَاوَتُ‎ (yatafāwatu)

  1. to be disparate, to vary, to differ, to be distinguishable
    تَانِكَ ٱلْأُخْتَانِ تَتَفَاوَتَانِ فِي ٱلسِّنِّ
    tānika l-ʔuḵtāni tatafāwatāni fī s-sinni
    Those two sisters differ in age.

Conjugation

Noun

تَفَاوُت • (tafāwut) m

  1. verbal noun of تَفَاوَتَ (tafāwata) (form VI)
  2. difference, distinction, disparity
  3. state of being uneven

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: təfavüt
  • Ottoman Turkish: تفاوت (tefâvüt)
  • Persian: تفاوت (tafâvot)
    • Middle Bengali: তফাউত (tophaut)
  • Swahili: tofauti
  • Tabasaran: тафавут (tafavut)
  • Tajik: тәфавот
  • Uzbek: tafovut

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic تَفَاوُت (tafāwut).

Pronunciation

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  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.fɑː.wʊt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.fɑː.wʊt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.fɔː.wut̪]

Readings
Classical reading? tafāwut
Dari reading? tafāwut
Iranian reading? tafâvot
Tajik reading? tafovut

Noun

تَفاوُت • (tafâvot) (plural تَفاوُت‌ها (tafâvot-hâ))

  1. difference
    Synonym: فَرق (farq)
    Antonym: شَباهَت (šabâhat)
    تفاوت بین دو شکل را پیدا کن
    tafâvot beyn-e do šekl-râ peydâ kon
    find the difference between the two pictures
  2. (archaic) distance

Derived terms

  • بی‌تَفاوُت (bi-tafâvot)
  • تَفاوُت دادن (tafâvot dâdan)
  • تَفاوُت کَردَن (tafâvot kardan)
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