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माफ़_करना

माफ़ करना

Hindi

Alternative forms

मुआफ़ करना (mu'āf karnā)

Verb

माफ़ करना (māf karnā) (Urdu spelling معاف کرنا)

  1. to forgive

Conjugation

  • Note: The second-person polite form आप (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

Usage notes

Although माफ़ कीजिए (māf kījie) and other माफ़ (māf) + imperative combinations are often translated as "sorry" or "excuse me", it should be noted that अफ़सोस (afsos), in the form मुझे अफ़सोस है (mujhe afsos hai) as well as the Anglicism सॉरी (sārī) are also commonly used.