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تفاوت · تَفَاوُت — difference

Same meaningProbablenoun · Mind & feeling · everyday

Persian took the Arabic word and kept its meaning.

Arabic

تَفَاوُت
tafāwut

/tafaːwut/

In Arabic

difference

Persian

تفاوت
tafāvot

/tæfɒvot/

In Persian

difference

Root
ف و ت

Note. Everyday Persian for 'difference'; in Arabic tafāwut is more formal ('disparity, variation') and farq is the everyday word.

Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr

Same root ف و ت