مستغرق

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُسْتَغْرَق (mustaḡraq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mus.taɣ.ˈɾaq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊs.t̪ʰäɣ.ɾǽq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊs.t̪ʰäɣ.ɾǽq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊs.t̪ʰäɣ.ɾǽq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mus.t̪ʰäɣ.ɾǽq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mos.t̪ʰæɢ.ɹǽɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mus.t̪ʰäʁ.ɾǽq]

Readings
Classical reading?	mustağraq
Dari reading?	mustağraq
Iranian reading?	mostağrağ
Tajik reading?	mustaġraq

Adjective

مستغرق • (mostağraq)

1. drowned
2. absorbed, obsessed
   • 1177, Farīd ud-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, “The tale of the nightingale”, in منطق‌الطیر [The Conference of the Birds]‎^[1]:

     من چنان در عشق گل مستغرقم
     کز وجود خویش محو مطلقم

     man čunān dar išq-i gul mustağraq-am
     k-az wujūd-i xwēš mahw-i mutlaq-am

     I am so drowned in love for the rose
     That I am absolutely erased from my own existence.

     (Classical romanization)

3. overwhelmed

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مستغرق”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim