افگار

Persian

Alternative forms

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

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /afˈɡɔɾ/

Adjective

افگار • (afgâr)

  1. (archaic) 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
      xârazmšâh asb bexast o be jahd bar nešast, asb tondi kard az qazâye âmade biyoftâd bar jâneb afgâr o dastaš beškast.
      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.
  2. (archaic) fatigued, exhausted
    Synonym: خسته‎ (xaste)
  3. (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

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