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Persian
Etymology
The present participle of the verb افگاشتن (afgâštan, “to draw off (on skin)”), itself from the root گاشتن (gâštan, “to draw”), hence related to پرگار (pargâr, “a pair of compasses”, literally “what draws around”), نگار (negâr, “mistress, idol, painting”, literally “what draws down”), یادگار (yâdgâr, “memory, history”, literally “what draws to the memory”).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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afgār
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| Dari reading?
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afgār
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| Iranian reading?
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afgâr
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| Tajik reading?
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afgor
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Adjective
افگار • (afgâr)
- (normal in Dari, archaic elsewhere) wounded or hurt
- Synonyms: خسته (xaste), زخمی (zaxmi), مجروح (majruh)
- 11th Century CE, Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi, Tarikh-i Bayhaqi, Page 354:
خوارزمشاه اسب بخواست و بجهد برنشست، اسب تندی کرد از قضای آمده بیفتاد بر جانب افگار و دستش بشکست- xwārazmšāh asb bixwāst u bi-jahd bar-nišast, asb tundī kard az qazā-yi āmada biyuftād bar jānib afgār u dastaš bišikast
- Xwarazmshah asked for a horse, he hurriedly mounted the beast, but the horse was restive and balky, and finally threw him on the ground; he got wounded on the side, and broke his arm.
- (archaic) fatigued, exhausted
- Synonym: خسته (xaste)
- (archaic) annoyed, irritated
- Synonyms: آزرده (âzorde), دلریش (delriš)
Derived terms
References
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “افگار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press