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جفا jafā v.n. fr. جفو

A جفا jafā (v.n. fr. جفو), s.f. (orig. 'roughness or rudeness,' but, by the Persians, used in the sense of) Oppression, violence, cruelty, injury, injustice, hardship:—jafā-pesha, jafā-jū, jafā-shěʻār, jafā-kār, adj. & s.m. Oppressive, tyrannical, unjust, cruel;—a tormentor, oppressor, tyrant:—jafā-kārī, s.f. Oppression, tyranny:—jafā-kash, adj. Enduring oppression or hardship; hard-working, energetic:—jafā-kafā, s.f. Trial, hardship, calamity:—jaur-o-jafa, s.f.=jafā, q.v.