شفقة

Meaning

1. (form-of, noun-from-verb) verbal noun of شَفَقَ (šafaqa, “to feel compassion with, to have mercy upon”) (form I)
2. pity
3. compassion, solicitude
4. fond attachment

Concepts

mercy

pity

compassion

compassionateness

kindness

mercifulness

benignity

sympathy

clemency

commiseration

Synonyms

رحْمة

رِفْق

لُطْف

لِين

حنان

حنو

شَفقة

إنسانية

رأْفة

رأفة

عطْف

إشْفاق

إِشْفاق

Translations

compaixão

piedade

compasión

compassion

pitié

compassione

medelijden

misericordia

έλεος

ευσπλαχνία

Mitleid

compassió

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃa.fa.qa/

Etymology

Verbal noun of شَفَقَ (šafaqa, “to feel compassion with, to have mercy upon”).