خفه

Persian

Etymology

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Adjective

خفه • (xafe)

1. strangled, choked, suffocated
2. (by extension, of a room, place) stuffy, suffocating; toxic

Derived terms

• خفه کردن (xafe kardan, “to suffocate, choke”)
• خفه شدن (xafe šodan, “to be suffocating, suffocate”)

Descendants

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਖਫ਼ਾ (khafā)

  Shahmukhi script: خفا (xafā)