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āfat (rt. اوف ), s.f. Bane, pest, plague; any evil affection; evil, disaster, trouble, misfortune, calamity; wretchedness, misery, hardship, difficulty; (cf. S. āpat):—āfat ānā(-par), āfat paṛnā(-par), āfat ṭūṭnā(-par), Calamity to befall, trouble or evil to come (upon); disaster, or a disturbance, to arise:—āfat uṭhānā, v.n. To suffer pain, affliction, trouble, etc.; to bear up against adversity, difficulties, etc.; to raise trouble, difficulties, etc.; to create a disturbance; to inflict trouble:—āfat-bharā, adj. Woful, miserable:—āfat (or āfateṅ) ḍālnā, v.t. To interpose difficulties or troubles, to cause misfortune:—āfat-rasīda, āfat-zada, part. adj. & s.m. Overtaken by calamity, involved in misfortune; unfortunate, wretched;—unfortunate creature, poor wretch:—āfat-kāparkālā, s.m. A very wicked person; a sharp, astute fellow:—āfat-kī ćiṭṭhī, s.f. Bad news, intelligence of a death; a talisman to work mischief:—āfat-meṅpaṛnā, āfat-meṅphaṅsnā, āfat-meṅmubtilāhonā, v.n. To be involved in misfortune, trouble, etc.; to be overwhelmed with misery, affliction, etc.; to be entangled in difficulties.
Origin: Arabic