غمگسار

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Persian

Etymology

From غم (ğam, grief) +‎ گسار (gosâr, present stem of گساردن (gosârdan, to soothe, to quench)).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? ğamgusār
Dari reading? ğamgusār
Iranian reading? ğamgosâr
Tajik reading? ġamgusor

Adjective

غمگسار (ğamgosâr)

  1. sympathetic, compassionate, empathetic, condoling

Noun

غمگسار (ğamgosâr)

  1. empathetic friend
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 238:
      یکدم بیا ز لطف و ببین حال زار من
      ای مونس و انیس و غمگسار من
      yakdam biyā zi lutf u bibīn hāl-i zār-i man
      ay mūnis u anīs u ğamgusār-i man
      Come for a moment out of grace and look at my wretched state,
      O associate and companion and empathetic friend of mine!
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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