فارغ

See also: فارع

Arabic

Root
ف ر غ (f r ḡ)
15 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of فَرَغَ (faraḡa, “to become empty”).

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. empty

   إِنَاء فَارِغ ― ʔināʔ fāriḡ ― an empty vessel

3. inane, vacuous, useless

   كَلَام فَارِغ ― kalām fāriḡ ― idle talk

Declension

Declension of adjective فَارِغ (fāriḡ)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	فَارِغ fāriḡ	الْفَارِغ al-fāriḡ	فَارِغَة fāriḡa	الْفَارِغَة al-fāriḡa
nominative	فَارِغٌ fāriḡun	الْفَارِغُ al-fāriḡu	فَارِغَةٌ fāriḡatun	الْفَارِغَةُ al-fāriḡatu
accusative	فَارِغًا fāriḡan	الْفَارِغَ al-fāriḡa	فَارِغَةً fāriḡatan	الْفَارِغَةَ al-fāriḡata
genitive	فَارِغٍ fāriḡin	الْفَارِغِ al-fāriḡi	فَارِغَةٍ fāriḡatin	الْفَارِغَةِ al-fāriḡati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	فَارِغَيْن fāriḡayn	الْفَارِغَيْن al-fāriḡayn	فَارِغَتَيْن fāriḡatayn	الْفَارِغَتَيْن al-fāriḡatayn
nominative	فَارِغَانِ fāriḡāni	الْفَارِغَانِ al-fāriḡāni	فَارِغَتَانِ fāriḡatāni	الْفَارِغَتَانِ al-fāriḡatāni
accusative	فَارِغَيْنِ fāriḡayni	الْفَارِغَيْنِ al-fāriḡayni	فَارِغَتَيْنِ fāriḡatayni	الْفَارِغَتَيْنِ al-fāriḡatayni
genitive	فَارِغَيْنِ fāriḡayni	الْفَارِغَيْنِ al-fāriḡayni	فَارِغَتَيْنِ fāriḡatayni	الْفَارِغَتَيْنِ al-fāriḡatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	فُرَّاغ furrāḡ	الْفُرَّاغ al-furrāḡ	فَارِغَات fāriḡāt	الْفَارِغَات al-fāriḡāt
nominative	فُرَّاغٌ furrāḡun	الْفُرَّاغُ al-furrāḡu	فَارِغَاتٌ fāriḡātun	الْفَارِغَاتُ al-fāriḡātu
accusative	فُرَّاغًا furrāḡan	الْفُرَّاغَ al-furrāḡa	فَارِغَاتٍ fāriḡātin	الْفَارِغَاتِ al-fāriḡāti
genitive	فُرَّاغٍ furrāḡin	الْفُرَّاغِ al-furrāḡi	فَارِغَاتٍ fāriḡātin	الْفَارِغَاتِ al-fāriḡāti

Synonyms

• (active participle): فَرِغ (fariḡ)

Descendants

• Maltese: fieragħ
• → Azerbaijani: fariğ
• → Persian: فارغ (fâreġ)
  • → Gujarati: ફારગ (phārag)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: फ़ारिग़ (fāriġ)

    Urdu: فَارِغ (fāriġ)

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਫ਼ਾਰਗ਼ (fāraġ)

    Shahmukhi script: فَارِغ (fāriġ)

• → Ottoman Turkish: فارغ (fâriğ)
  • → Turkish: fariğ
• → Phalura: faaríɣ

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَارِغ (fāriḡ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /faː.ˈriɣ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɑː.ɾɪ́ɣ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɑː.ɾɪ́ɣ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fɑː.ɾɪ́ɣ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fɔː.ɾíɣ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fɒː.ɹéɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fɔ.ɾíʁ]

Readings
Classical reading?	fāriġ
Dari reading?	fāriġ
Iranian reading?	fâreġ
Tajik reading?	foriġ

Adjective

فارِغ • (fâreġ) (comparative فارِغ‌تَر, superlative فارِغ‌تَرین)

1. unencumbered, unburdened, free, unconcerned with
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, 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 / fâreġ 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, translated by Dick Davis, 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 fâreġ 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 (fâreġ šodan)
• فارِغ کَردَن (fâreġ kardan)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: ફારગ (phārag)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: फ़ारिग़ (fāriġ)

  Urdu: فَارِغ (fāriġ)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਫ਼ਾਰਗ਼ (fāraġ)

  Shahmukhi script: فَارِغ (fāriġ)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فارغ (fāriġ), from Arabic فَارِغ (fāriḡ). Compare Punjabi فارَغ (fāraġ) / ਫ਼ਾਰਗ਼ (fāraġ), Gujarati ફારગ (phārag).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fɑː.ɾɪɣ/
• Rhymes: -ɪɣ
• Hyphenation: فا‧رِغ

Adjective

فارِغ • (fāriġ) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling फ़ारिग़)

1. free, unoccupied
2. at leisure
3. discharged, absolved
4. (rare) empty
5. (colloquial) fired (from a job)
6. (slang) crap; useless

Further reading

• “فارغ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “فارغ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “فارغ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “فارغ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “فارغ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 865
• John Shakespear (1834), “فارغ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC