افسوس

Gawar-Bati

Etymology

Borrowed from Pashto افسوس or Urdu افسوس, from Persian افسوس.

Noun

افسوس (afsos)

1. sorrow
2. regret
3. pity

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾp̄sws /⁠afsōs⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaf.ˈsoːs/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.sóːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.sóːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.sóːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.sʊ́ːs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæf.súːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.sɵ́s]

Readings
Classical reading?	afsōs
Dari reading?	afsōs
Iranian reading?	afsus
Tajik reading?	afsüs

Interjection

افسوس • (afsôs)

Dari	افسوس
Iranian Persian
Tajik	афсӯс

1. alas! ah!

Noun

افسوس • (afsôs)

1. regret
2. sorrow

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: ափսոս (apʻsos)
  • Armenian: ափսոս (apʻsos)
• → Assamese: আফচোচ (aphosüs)
• → Azerbaijani:

  Latin script: əfsus

  Arabic script: افسۇس

• → Bengali: আফসোস (aphośōs)
• → Georgian: აფსუს (apsus), აფსუსი (apsusi)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: अफ़सोस (afsos)

  Urdu: افسوس (afsos)

• → Kashmiri: اَفسوٗس (afsūs)
• → Ottoman Turkish: افسوس (efsus)
  • Turkish: efsus
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਅਫਸੋਸ (aphasos), ਅਫ਼ਸੋਸ (afasos)

  Shahmukhi script: افسوس (afsos)

• → Sindhi: اَفسوسُ (afsosu)
• → Uyghur: ئەپسۇس (epsus)
• → Vaghri: અપસોસ (apasos)

See also

• افسوس خوردن (afsôs xordan)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian افسوس (afsōs).

Noun

اَفسوس • (afsos) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਅਫ਼ਸੋਸ)

1. sorrow, lamentation, concern, vexation, grief, regret

Interjection

اَفسوس • (afsos)

1. ah!
2. alas!
3. ah me!
4. what a pity!

References

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “افسوس”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz], page 97
• “افسوس”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian افسوس (afsōs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əfsoːs/

Noun

اَفسوسُ • (afsosu) m

1. regret
2. sorrow

Interjection

اَفسوسُ • (afsosu)

1. alas!, woe!

References

• Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “اَفسوسُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ, page 158
• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “اَفسوس”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, page 17
• Sindhi Language Authority (2025), “افسوس”, in Online Sindhi Dictionaries‎^[1]

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian افسوس (afsōs).

Noun

افسوس • (afsos) m (Hindi spelling अफ़सोस)

1. sorrow
2. regret, remorse

   اُس کو کچھ افسوس نہیں ہوا۔ ― usko kuch afsos nahī̃ huā. ― He felt no remorse.

3. pity

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu افسوس (afsôs).

Noun

افسوس (afsôs)

1. sorrow
2. regret
3. pity