خفارت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُفَارَة (ḵufāra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xu.fɑː.ˈɾat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ.fɑː.ɾǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ.fɑː.ɾǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊ.fɑː.ɾǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xu.fɔː.ɾǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xo.fɒː.ɹǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χu.fɔ.ɾǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	xufārat
Dari reading?	xufārat
Iranian reading?	xofârat
Tajik reading?	xuforat

Noun

خفارت • (xofârat)

1. (archaic) protection; safeguarding
2. (archaic) protection fee
   • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎^[1]:

     از مغرب قافله‌ای عظیم آمده بود. و آن سال به در مدینه شریفه عرب از ایشان خفارت خواست به گاه بازگشتن از حج و میان ایشان جنگ برخاست و از مغربیان زیادت از دو هزار آدمی کشته شد و بسی به مغرب نشدند.

     az mağrib qāfilayē azīm āmada būd. wa ān sāl ba dar-i madīna-yi šarīfa arab az ēšān xufārat xwāst ba gāh-i bāzgaštan az hajj u miyān-i ēšān jang barxāst u az mağribīyān ziyādat az du hazār ādamī kušta šud u basē ba mağrib na-šudand.

     A grand caravan had arrived from the Maghreb. And that year, at the gate of the Noble City [of Mecca], the Bedouins demanded protection money for their return from the hajj pilgrimage. A battle broke out between the two, and more than two thousand men out of the Maghrebis were killed. Many did not return to the Maghreb.