محفل

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ح ف ل‎ (ḥ-f-l). Compare Arabic حَفَلَ‎ (ḥafala, “to gather, assemble”).

Noun

مَحْفِل • (maḥfil) m

Declension

Declension of noun مَحْفِل‎ (maḥfil)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَحْفِل‎ maḥfil	الْمَحْفِل‎ al-maḥfil	مَحْفِل‎ maḥfil
Nominative	مَحْفِلٌ‎ maḥfilun	الْمَحْفِلُ‎ al-maḥfilu	مَحْفِلُ‎ maḥfilu
Accusative	مَحْفِلًا‎ maḥfilan	الْمَحْفِلَ‎ al-maḥfila	مَحْفِلَ‎ maḥfila
Genitive	مَحْفِلٍ‎ maḥfilin	الْمَحْفِلِ‎ al-maḥfili	مَحْفِلِ‎ maḥfili
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَحْفِلَيْن‎ maḥfilayn	الْمَحْفِلَيْن‎ al-maḥfilayn	مَحْفِلَيْ‎ maḥfilay
Nominative	مَحْفِلَانِ‎ maḥfilāni	الْمَحْفِلَانِ‎ al-maḥfilāni	مَحْفِلَا‎ maḥfilā
Accusative	مَحْفِلَيْنِ‎ maḥfilayni	الْمَحْفِلَيْنِ‎ al-maḥfilayni	مَحْفِلَيْ‎ maḥfilay
Genitive	مَحْفِلَيْنِ‎ maḥfilayni	الْمَحْفِلَيْنِ‎ al-maḥfilayni	مَحْفِلَيْ‎ maḥfilay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَحَافِل‎ maḥāfil	الْمَحَافِل‎ al-maḥāfil	مَحَافِل‎ maḥāfil
Nominative	مَحَافِلُ‎ maḥāfilu	الْمَحَافِلُ‎ al-maḥāfilu	مَحَافِلُ‎ maḥāfilu
Accusative	مَحَافِلَ‎ maḥāfila	الْمَحَافِلَ‎ al-maḥāfila	مَحَافِلَ‎ maḥāfila
Genitive	مَحَافِلَ‎ maḥāfila	الْمَحَافِلِ‎ al-maḥāfili	مَحَافِلِ‎ maḥāfili

Descendants

→ Bengali: মাহফিল (mahophil)
→ English: mehfil
→ Persian: محفل‎
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: महफ़िल (mahfil)
- Urdu: محفل‎
Swahili: mahafali (“graduation”)
→ Ottoman Turkish: محفل‎
- Turkish: mahfil, mahfel
→ Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਮਹਿਫ਼ਲ (mahifal)
- Shahmukhi script: محفل‎ (mahifal)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَحْفِل‎ (maḥfil, “assembly, congregation”), from the root ح ف ل‎ (ḥ-f-l).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mah.ˈfil]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɦ.fɪ́l]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.fɪ́l]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.fíl̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæɦ.fél̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɦ.fíl]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mahfil
Dari reading^?	mahfil
Iranian reading^?	mahfel
Tajik reading^?	mahfil

Noun

محفل • (mahfel)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “محفل”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “محفل”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَحْفِل‎ (maḥfil, “assembly, congregation”), from the root ح ف ل‎ (ḥ-f-l).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məɦ.fɪl/

Noun

محفل • (mahfil) m (Hindi spelling महफ़िल)

References

John T. Platts (accessed 09-11-2012), “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎

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