Borrowed fromArabicوَظِيفَة(waẓīfa).

وظیفه• (wazīfa / vazife) (pluralوظایف,orوظیفه‌ها(wazīfa-hā / vazife-hâ),Tajik spellingвазифа)

1. duty,obligation;task

   وظیفه‌‌ای که به او داده شده بود را نتوانست درست انجام دهد.

   vazife'i ke be u dâde šode bud râ na-tavânest dorost anjâm dehad.

   He was unable to do thetask that was given to him.

   • c.1250s,Rumi, “Ghazal 2050”, inدیوان شمس تبریزی [Divan-i Shams-i Tabrizi]‎^[1]:

     ما راوظیفه‌هاست ز لطف تو صد هزار
     درمانده گشت دل که چه گوید کدام کن

     mā rāwazīfa-hā-st zi luft-i tu sad hazār
     darmānda gašt dil ki či gūyad kodām kun

     I have a hundred thousandduties for the sake of your favor,
     And the heart has turned desperate; what can it say? What can it do?

     (Classical transliteration)

2. pension,stipend

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “وظیفه”, inDehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors,Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran:University of Tehran Press.

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