نفت

See also: نقب‎, تفت‎, ثقب‎, and ث ق ب‎

Arabic

Verb

نَفَتْ • (nafat) (form I)

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of نَفَا‎ (nafā)
  2. third-person feminine singular past active of نَفَى‎ (nafā)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Noun

نفت • (neft)

  1. naphtha, petroleum, rock oil
  2. spirit of turpentine (while “oil of turpentine” according to historical dogmatics is followed by یاغی‎ (yağı) or preceded by روغن‎ (revğan-ı, ruğan-ı))
  3. a flammable mix used in war such as Greek fire

Descendants
  • Turkish: neft
  • → Greek: νέφτι (néfti)
  • → Russian: нефть (neftʹ)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (npt' /⁠naft⁠/, “moist, damp; naphtha”), from Old Persian *naftah (“naphtha”).

Pronunciation
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Readings
Classical reading? naft
Dari reading? naft
Iranian reading? naft
Tajik reading? naft

Noun
Dari Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Iranian Persian
Tajik нафт

نفت • (naft) (plural نفت‌ها‎ (naft-hâ))

  1. petroleum, oil
    Synonym: نفت خام‎ (naft-e xâm)
  2. kerosene (US), paraffin (UK)
    Synonyms: نفت سفید‎ (naft-e sefid), نفت چراغ‎ (naft-e čerâğ)
  3. (obsolete) a flammable mix used in war such as Greek fire
    ‏نفت‌انداز‎‎
    naft-andâz
    somebody who throws Greek fire in war

Inflection
    Enclitic-attached forms of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (Iranian Persian)
    Basic forms of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
singular plural
bare نفت
(naft)		 نفت‌ها
(naft-hấ)
نفتا △
(naftấ)
definitive direct object نفت را
(naft râ)
نفت رو △
(nafto)		 نفت‌ها را
(naft-hấ râ)
نفتا رو △
(naftấ ro)
ezâfe نفت
(naft-e)		 نفت‌های
(naft-hấ-ye)
نفتای △
(naftấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite		 نفتی
(naft-i)		 نفت‌هایی
(naftấn-i, naft-hấ-i)
نفتایی △
(naftấi)
△ Colloquial.
    Possessive forms of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”)		 نفتم‎
(naftam)		 نفت‌هایم‎
(naft-hấyam)
نفت‌هام، نفتام‎ △
(naftấm)
2nd person singular
(“your”)		 نفتت‎
(naftat)
[Term?] △
(naftet)		 نفت‌هایت‎
(naft-hấyat)
نفت‌هات، نفتات‎ △
(naftất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”)		 نفتش‎
(naftaš)
[Term?] △
(nafteš)		 نفت‌هایش‎
(naft-hấyaš)
نفت‌هاش، نفتاش‎ △
(naftấš)
1st plural
(“our”)		 نفتمان‎
(naftemân)
نفتمون‎ △
(naftemun)		 نفت‌هایمان‎
(naft-hấyemân)
نفت‌هامون، نفتامون‎ △
(naftấmun)
2nd plural
(“your”)		 نفتتان‎
(naftetân)
نفتتون‎ △
(naftetun)		 نفت‌هایتان‎
(naft-hấyetân)
نفت‌هاتون، نفتاتون‎ △
(naftấtun)
3rd plural
(“their”)		 نفتشان‎
(naftešân)
نفتشون‎ △
(naftešun)		 نفت‌هایشان‎
(naft-hấyešân)
نفت‌هاشون، نفتاشون‎ △
(naftấšun)
△ Colloquial.
    Predicative forms of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)		 نفتم‎
(naftam)		 نفتیم‎
(naftim)
2nd person
(“you are”)		 نفتی‎
(nafti)		 نفتید‎
(naftid)
نفتین‎ △
(naftin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)		 نفت است‎
(naft ast)
نفته‎ △
(nafte)		 نفتند‎
(naftand)
نفتن‎ △
(naftan)
△ Colloquial.

Derived terms
  • نفت خام‎ (naft-e xâm)
  • نفت سفید‎ (naft-e sefid)
  • نفت چراغ‎ (naft-e čerâğ)
  • نفت کوره‎ (naft-e kure)
  • نفتی‎ (nafti)

Descendants
  • → Armenian: նավթ (navtʿ)
  • → Azerbaijani: neft
  • → Gujarati: નફત (naphat)
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Turkmen: nebit
  • → Uyghur: نېفىت‎ (nëfit)
  • → Uzbek: neft
  • → Yiddish: נאַפֿט‎ (naft)

Further reading
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “نفت”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 1332a
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