متفاوت

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مُتَفَاوِت (mutafāwit).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.ta.fɑː.ˈwit]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.fɑː.wɪ́t̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.fɑː.wɪ́t̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.fɑː.wɪ́t̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.t̪ʰä.fɔː.wít̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.t̪ʰæ.fɒː.vét̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.t̪ʰä.fɔ.vít̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	mutafāwit
Dari reading?	mutafāwit
Iranian reading?	motafâvet
Tajik reading?	mutafovit

Adjective

مُتَفاوِت • (motafâvet) (comparative مُتَفاوِت‌تَر (motafâvet-tar), superlative مُتَفاوِت‌تَرین (motafâvet-tarin))

1. different, unlike

   Antonym: شَبیه (šabih)

   این با آن متفاوت است. ― in bâ ân motafâvet ast. ― This is different from that.

   • c. 1599, Bahāʾ al‐Dīn ʿĀmilī, کشکول‎^[1]:

     در هند، طریقه‌ای است که با روش منجمان روم و ایران متفاوت است بدین گونه که هندیان غالب احکام را با تکیه به حرکات ثوابت استنتاج می‌کنند نه سیارات.

     dar hind, tarīqa'ē bā rawiš-i munajjimān-i rūm u ērān mutafāwit ast bad-īn gōna ki hindīyān-i ğālib ahkām rā bā takya ba harakāt-i sawābit istintāj mē-kunand na sayyārāt.

     In India, there is a doctrine which is different from the practice of the astrologers of Rome and Iran, in this way: the majority of Indians draw their rulings based on the movements of the constant stars, not the planets.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

See also

• مُختَلِف (moxtalef, “different, various”)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “متفاوت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “متفاوت”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press