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==Kohistani Shina==

===Noun===
{{head|plk|noun|g=|tr=za'īf}}

# [[scholar]]

==Ottoman Turkish==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ota|ar|ضَعِيف||weak, feeble}}. {{root|ota|ar|ض ع ف}}

===Adjective===
{{head|ota|adjective|tr=zaʼif}}

# [[weak]], [[feeble]], [[infirm]], [[debilitated]], deficient in [[force]] or [[physical]] [[strength]]
#: {{syn|ota|درمانسز|tr1=dermansız|زبون|tr2=zebun|قوتسز|tr3=kuvvetsiz}}
# [[slim]], [[thin]], [[meager]], [[slender]], [[lithe]], [[skinny]], having little [[body fat]] or [[flesh]]
#: {{syn|ota|آریق|tr1=arık|جلیز|tr2=cılız|صیصقه|tr3=sıska|نارین|tr4=narin}}
# [[emaciated]], [[scrawny]], [[gaunt]], [[macilent]], especially from [[hunger]] or [[disease]]

====Derived terms====
{{col3|ota
|ضعیفانه<tr:zaʼifane><t:pertaining to one who's weak>
|ضعیفلاتمق<tr:zaʼiflatmak><t:to weaken>
|ضعیفلامق<tr:zaʼiflamak><t:to become weak or thin>
|ضعیفلانمق<tr:zaʼiflanmak><t:to become weak>
|ضعیفلق<tr:zaʼiflık><t:debility, weakness>
|ضعیفلو<tr:zaʼiflı><t:that includes weak individuals>
}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|tr|zayıf}}
* {{desc|hy|զայիֆ|bor=1}}
* {{desc|crh|zayıf|bor=1}}
* {{desc|gag|zayıf|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ro|zaif|bor=1}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:tr:OTK|zayıf|vol=1|page=5442}}
* {{R:ota:Hindoglu|page=307b}}
* {{R:ota:Kelekian|page=784}}
* {{R:ota:Meninski|C|column=323|Debilis}}
* {{R:ota:Meninski|T|column=3044}}
* {{R:tr:Nishanyan|zayıf}}
* {{R:ota:Redhouse|page=1211}}

==Persian==

===Etymology===
{{etymon|fa|id=weak|bor|ar>ضَعِيف>weak|text=++|tree=++|title=ضَعِیف}}

===Pronunciation===
{{fa-IPA|za'īf}}
* {{audio|fa|LL-Q9168 (fas)-Darafsh-ضعیف.wav|a=Iran}}

===Adjective===
{{fa-regional|ضعیف|ضعیف|заъиф}}
{{fa-adj|tr=za'if|c=+}}

# [[weak]], [[feeble]]
#: {{syn|fa|ناتوان|tr=nâtavân}}
#: {{ant|fa|قوی|tr=qavi}}
#* {{RQ:Masnavi|II|3098|چون همه اوصاف و اجزا شد نحیف / خویشتن‌داری و صبرت شد ضعیف|čon hame owsâf o ajzâ šod nahif / xištan-dâri o sabr-at šod '''za'if'''|Since all the functions and parts [of your body] are atrophied, your self-control and patience have become '''weak'''.}}
# [[thin]], [[weakly]]
#: {{syn|fa|لاغر|tr1=lâğar}}
# [[poor]] {{gloss|of low quality}}, [[defective]]

====Inflection====
{{fa-decl-c-unc|za'if|pred=+}}

==Urdu==

===Etymology===
{{etymon|ur|id=weak|bor|fa-cls>ضَعِیف>weak|text=++|tree=++|title=ضَعِیف}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{ur-IPA|za'īf}}
* {{rhyme|ur|iːf|s=2}}
* {{hyph|ur|ضَ|عِیف}}

===Adjective===
{{ur-adj|head=ضَعِیف|ind=1|f=ضَعِیفَہ}}

# [[weak]]; [[feeble]]
# [[old]] {{gl|of a [[person]]}}
# [[weak]]; [[slow]] {{gl|of [[mind]]; [[opinion]] etc.}}
# {{lb|ur|Islam}} [[weak]]; [[unreliable]] {{gl|of a [[Hadith]]}}

===Noun===
{{ur-noun|g=m|head=ضَعِیف|f=ضَعِیفَہ|pl=ضُعَفا}}

# a [[weak]]; [[old]]; [[poor]] {{gl|person or man}}

====Declension====
{{ur-noun-c-m|ضَعِیف|za'īf}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|ush|ضعیف|tr=za'īf|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ydg|ضعیف|tr=ze'īf|bor=1}}

===Further reading===
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* {{R:ur:UDB|w=159868}}
* {{R:ur:Rekhta}}
* {{R:ur:Qureshi|ضعيف}}
* {{R:Platts|ضعيف|pg=749}}
* {{R:Fallon}}
* {{R:ur:Shakespear}}
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{{C|ur|People}}

==Ushojo==

===Etymology===
{{etymon|ush|id=old|bor|ur>ضَعِیف>weak|text=+|tree=++}}

===Adjective===
{{head|ush|adjective|g=|tr=za'īf}}

# [[old]]

==Yidgha==

===Etymology===
{{etymon|ydg|id=poor|bor|ur>ضَعِیف>weak|text=+|tree=++}}

===Noun===
{{head|ydg|noun|g=|tr=ze'īf}}

# [[poor]]