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بچه · طِفْل — child

Different wordCertainnoun · People · everyday

The two languages use unrelated words here.

Arabic

طِفْل
ṭifl

/tˤifl/

In Arabic

child

Persian

بچه
bačče

/bætʃtʃe/

In Persian

child

Root
ط ف ل

Note. Formal Persian tefl 'child' and atfāl 'children' (as in hospital names) are this Arabic word.

Sources: Dehkhoda · Wehr

Same root ط ف ل