افگار

Persian

Alternative forms

اَفکار (afkār / afkâr), اَوکار (awkār / owkâr), فَکار (fakār / fakâr), فَگار (fagār / fagâr), فَگال (fagāl / fagâl), اَوگار (awgār / owgâr)

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

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaf.ˈɡaːr/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.ɡɑ́ːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.ɡɑ́ːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.ɡɔ́ːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæf.ɡɒ́ːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.ɡɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	afgār
Dari reading^?	afgār
Iranian reading^?	afgâr
Tajik reading^?	afgor

Adjective

افگار • (afgār / afgâr) (Tajik spelling афгор)

(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.
  (Classical Persian)
(archaic) fatigued, exhausted
Synonym: خسته (xaste)
(archaic) annoyed, irritated
Synonyms: آزرده (âzorde), دل‌ریش (delriš)

Derived terms

دل‌افگار (del-afgâr)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “افگار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press