جفا

jafáajifáaǰafā́Jafajafā

جفاnounfeminine

oppression, cruelty, difficulty, suffering

Meanings

  1. oppression, cruelty, difficulty, suffering, offense, injury
  2. oppression, suppression
  3. cruelty
  4. offense
  5. unfaithfulness, ill treatment, oppression, cruelty
  6. disloyalty
  7. unfaithfullness, 2, illtreatment, oppression, cruelty
  8. treachery, disloyalty, perjury
  9. forswearer, perjurer
  10. malevolence, malice, evilness, malignity, viciousness
  11. perfidy
  12. Oppression, injustice, injury
  13. marigold, flower, Linum trigynum

Pashto definitions

  1. د وفا ضد، ظلم، زياتی، سختي، جمع جفګانې
  2. ظالم، سخت زړی، ستم کوونکی
  3. بي وفا، بې مهره، بې علاقې: وفادار لره وفا شوه - جفا کار لره جفا (ر. ب)
  4. ظلم، جبر، ستم، بېوفايې، بې مهري، له بې علاقګۍ نه مخ اړونه

Examples

  • جفا کول

    to oppress, suppress; to act cruelly toward someone; to offend

  • جفا وړل

    to be oppressed, to be suppressed; to be offended

Forms

plural
جفګانېجفاويjafāwī

Phrases

  • جفا وړلjafā wʿṟṟal

    To suffer or endure oppression or injustice

  • جفا کولjafā kawul

    To oppress, to tyrannize over

  • جفا کارjafā-kār

    Oppressive, unjust, cruel. 2. An oppressor, a tyrant; جفاکاره jafā-kāraʿh

  • جفاکاريjafā-kārī

    Tyranny, oppression, injustice, cruelty

Translations (3)
German
Untreue f., Eidbruch m., Treulosigkeit f., Verräterei f. · Untreue (die) · Eidbruch (der) · Treulosigkeit (die) · Verräterei (die) · Frevel · angeben · Hintergehung
French
infidélité (f.) · parjure (m.) · malveillance (f.) · perfidie (f.). · infidélité · parjure · malveillance · perfidie · infidélité
Russian
притеснение, угнетение · жестокость · обида; کول ~a) притеснять, угнетать; б) поступать с кем-л. жестоко; в) причинять обиду; وړل ~ а) переносить притеснения; б) терпеть, сносить обиды

Etymology: Arabic