افگار

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Readings
Classical reading? afgār
Dari reading? afgār
Iranian reading? afgâr
Tajik reading? afgor

Adjective

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افگار (afgâr)

  1. (normal in Dari, archaic elsewhere) 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
      xwārazmšāh asb bixwāst u bi-jahd bar-nišast, asb tundī kard az qazā-yi āmada biyuftād bar jānib afgār u dastaš bišikast
      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.
      (Classical Persian)
  2. (archaic) fatigued, exhausted
    Synonym: خسته (xaste)
  3. (archaic) annoyed, irritated
    Synonyms: آزرده (âzorde), دل‌ریش (delriš)

Derived terms

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References

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Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “افگار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press