لطفاً · لُطْفًا — please
Persian coinageProbableadverb · Expressions · everyday
Built in Persian from Arabic parts. Arabic doesn't say it this way.
Arabic
لُطْفًا
luṭfan/lutˤfan/
In Arabic
gently, kindly
Arabic says: مِنْ فَضْلِك min faḍlik
Persian
لطفاً
lotfan/lotfæn/
In Persian
please
- Root
- ل ط ف
- Pattern
- ـًا
Note. Persian made luṭfan 'kindly' its everyday 'please'; formal Arabic uses it only occasionally. An Arabic speaker says min faḍlik or law samaḥt.
Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr