فارغ

See also: فارع‎

Arabic

Etymology

Morphologically from the root ف ر غ‎ (f-r-ḡ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faː.riɣ/

Adjective

فَارِغ • (fāriḡ) (feminine فَارِغَة‎ (fāriḡa), masculine plural فُرَّاغ‎ (furrāḡ), elative أَفْرَغ‎ (ʔafraḡ))

  1. active participle of فَرَغَ or فَرِغَ‎ (faraḡa or fariḡa).
  2. inane, vacuous, useless[1]

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Maltese: fieragħ
  • → Persian: فارغ‎ (fâreğ)

References

  1. Wehr, Hans (1979), “فارغ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN.

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic فَارِغ‎ (fāriḡ).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /fɔˈɾiɣ/

Adjective

فارِغ • (fâreğ) (comparative فارِغ‌تَر‎ (fâreğ-tar), superlative فارِغ‌تَرین‎ (fâreğ-tarin))

  1. unencumbered, unburdened, free, unconcerned with
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 368:
      ‏امتحان خود چو کردی ای فلان / فارغ آیی ز امتحان دیگران‎
      emtehân-e xod čo kardi ey folân / fâreğ âyi z-emtehân-e digarân
      When you have made trial of yourself, o such-and-such, you will be unconcerned with making trial of others.
    • 1973, Iraj Pezeshkzad, Dick Davis, transl., دایی جان ناپلئون‎ [My Uncle Napoleon], Random House, →ISBN:
      ‏حتی یک لحظه از یاد چشمهای لیلی و نگاه او نمی‌توانستم فارغ شوم […]‎
      hattâ yek lahze az yâd-e češm-hâ-ye leyli va negâh-e u ne-mi-tavânestam fâreğ šavam […]
      I couldn't get free of the memory of Layli’s eyes and of her gaze even for a moment […]
  2. (of a woman) having delivered

Derived terms

  • فارِغ شُدَن‎ (fâreğ šodan)
  • فارِغ کَردَن‎ (fâreğ kardan)

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian فارغ‎ (fâreğ), from Arabic فَارِغ‎ (fāriḡ). Compare Punjabi ਫ਼ਾਰਗ਼ (fāraġ) / فارغ‎ (fārġ), Gujarati ફારગ (phārag).

Pronunciation

Adjective

فارغ • (transliteration needed) (Hindi spelling फ़ारिग़)

  1. free (of a task or burden), unoccupied, at leisure

References

  • “فارغ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
  • “فارغ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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