حیف

See also: خيف and جيف

Persian

Borrowed from Arabic حَيْف (ḥayf, “injustice”).

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häjf]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäjf]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäjf]

حیف • (heyf)

pity, shame
(colloquial Iranian)
heyf ke na-tunest bâ mâ biyâd.
It's a shame he/she couldn't come with us.

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