تخفیف · تَخْفِيف — discount, price reduction
Shifted meaningProbablenoun · Work & money · everyday
Same word, but the meaning has moved. Overlaps, with a twist.
Arabic
تَخْفِيف
takhfīf/taxfiːf/
In Arabic
lightening, easing, alleviation
Arabic says: خَصْم khaṣm
Persian
تخفیف
taxfif/tæxfif/
In Persian
discount, price reduction
- Root
- خ ف ف
- Pattern
- تَفْعِيل
Note. Arabic takhfīf is easing or reducing in general (takhfīf al-ʿuqūba, reducing a sentence); shops usually say khaṣm or takhfīḍ, though usage varies by country.
Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr