احمق

See also: أحمق and آچمق

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَق (ʔaḥmaq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔah.ˈmaq/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɦ.máq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɦ.máq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.máq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.máq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɦ.mǽɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɦ.máq]

Readings
Classical reading?	ahmaq
Dari reading?	ahmaq
Iranian reading?	ahmaġ
Tajik reading?	ahmaq

Noun

احمق • (ahmaq / ahmaġ) (plural احمقان (ahmaqān / ahmaġân), or احمق‌ها (ahmaq-hā / ahmaġ-hâ), Tajik spelling аҳмақ)

1. idiot, fool, dolt

Adjective

احمق • (ahmaq / ahmaġ) (comparative احمق‌تَر, superlative احمق‌تَرین, Tajik spelling аҳмақ)

1. idiotic, foolish, stupid

Inflection

Predicative forms of احمق (ahmaq)

	singular	plural
1st person (“I am, we are”)	احمقم (ahmaqam)	احمقیم (ahmaqim)
2nd person (“you are”)	احمقی (ahmaqi)	احمقید، احمقین△ (ahmaqid, ahmaqin△)
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	احمق است، احمقه△ (ahmaq ast, ahmaqe△)	احمقند، احمقن△ (ahmaqand, ahmaqan△)

^△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

• احمقانه (ahmaqāna / ahmaġâne)

Related terms

Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ح م ق (0 c, 2 e)

Descendants

• Tajik: аҳмақ (ahmaq)
• → Bengali: আহাম্মক (ahammok), আহাম্মুক (ahammuk)
• → Chagatai: احمق (ʾḥmq /⁠ähmäq, ahmaq⁠/)
  • Uyghur: ئەخمەق (exmeq)
  • Uzbek: ahmoq
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: अहमक़ (ahmaq)

  Urdu: اَحْمَق (ahmaq)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਅਹਿਮਕ਼ (ahimaq)

  Shahmukhi script: اَحْمَق (aḥmaq)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian احمق (ahmaq) from Arabic أَحْمَق (ʔaḥmaq).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əɦ.məq/, [ɛɦ.məq]

Adjective

احمق • (ahmaq) (Hindi spelling अहमक़)

1. stupid, idiotic, foolish

Noun

احمق • (ahmaq) m (Hindi spelling अहमक़)

1. moron, idiot, fool