مغرور

Arabic

Etymology

Root
غ ر ر (ḡ r r)
8 terms

Derived from the passive participle of غَرَّ (ḡarra, “to mislead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɣ.ruːr/
• Rhymes: -uːr

Adjective

مَغْرُور • (maḡrūr) (feminine مَغْرُورَة (maḡrūra), masculine plural مَغْرُورُون (maḡrūrūn), feminine plural مَغْرُورَات (maḡrūrāt))

1. misled; deceived; fooled
2. conceited; vain; snobbish; haughty; arrogant

Declension

Declension of adjective مَغْرُور (maḡrūr)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَغْرُور maḡrūr	الْمَغْرُور al-maḡrūr	مَغْرُورَة maḡrūra	الْمَغْرُورَة al-maḡrūra
nominative	مَغْرُورٌ maḡrūrun	الْمَغْرُورُ al-maḡrūru	مَغْرُورَةٌ maḡrūratun	الْمَغْرُورَةُ al-maḡrūratu
accusative	مَغْرُورًا maḡrūran	الْمَغْرُورَ al-maḡrūra	مَغْرُورَةً maḡrūratan	الْمَغْرُورَةَ al-maḡrūrata
genitive	مَغْرُورٍ maḡrūrin	الْمَغْرُورِ al-maḡrūri	مَغْرُورَةٍ maḡrūratin	الْمَغْرُورَةِ al-maḡrūrati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَغْرُورَيْن maḡrūrayn	الْمَغْرُورَيْن al-maḡrūrayn	مَغْرُورَتَيْن maḡrūratayn	الْمَغْرُورَتَيْن al-maḡrūratayn
nominative	مَغْرُورَانِ maḡrūrāni	الْمَغْرُورَانِ al-maḡrūrāni	مَغْرُورَتَانِ maḡrūratāni	الْمَغْرُورَتَانِ al-maḡrūratāni
accusative	مَغْرُورَيْنِ maḡrūrayni	الْمَغْرُورَيْنِ al-maḡrūrayni	مَغْرُورَتَيْنِ maḡrūratayni	الْمَغْرُورَتَيْنِ al-maḡrūratayni
genitive	مَغْرُورَيْنِ maḡrūrayni	الْمَغْرُورَيْنِ al-maḡrūrayni	مَغْرُورَتَيْنِ maḡrūratayni	الْمَغْرُورَتَيْنِ al-maḡrūratayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَغْرُورِين maḡrūrīn	الْمَغْرُورِين al-maḡrūrīn	مَغْرُورَات maḡrūrāt	الْمَغْرُورَات al-maḡrūrāt
nominative	مَغْرُورُونَ maḡrūrūna	الْمَغْرُورُونَ al-maḡrūrūna	مَغْرُورَاتٌ maḡrūrātun	الْمَغْرُورَاتُ al-maḡrūrātu
accusative	مَغْرُورِينَ maḡrūrīna	الْمَغْرُورِينَ al-maḡrūrīna	مَغْرُورَاتٍ maḡrūrātin	الْمَغْرُورَاتِ al-maḡrūrāti
genitive	مَغْرُورِينَ maḡrūrīna	الْمَغْرُورِينَ al-maḡrūrīna	مَغْرُورَاتٍ maḡrūrātin	الْمَغْرُورَاتِ al-maḡrūrāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məğrur
• → Ottoman Turkish: مغرور
  • → Turkish: mağrur
• → Persian: مغرور (maġrur)
• → Tajik: мағрур (maġrur)
• → Uyghur: مەغرۇر (meghrur)
• → Uzbek: magʻrur

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “غر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَغْرُور (maḡrūr, “arrogant, conceited”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæɣɾuːɾ/

Adjective

مغرور • (maġrur) (comparative مغرورتَر, superlative مغرورتَرین)

1. proud
2. haughty; arrogant

Usage notes

• The word often has a negative tone, though not as unambiguously as the Arabic etymon.