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.mǽq]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.mǽq]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.mǽq]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɦ.mǽɢ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɦ.mǽq]

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

Noun


Iranian Persian	احمق
Dari	احمق
Tajik	аҳмақ

احمق • (ahmaq) (plural احمقان (ahmaqân), or احمق‌ها (ahmaq-hâ))

idiot, fool, dolt

Adjective

احمق • (ahmaq) (comparative احمق‌تَر, superlative احمق‌تَرین)

idiotic, foolish, stupid

Inflection

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

^△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

احمقانه (ahmaqâne)

Related terms

حماقت (hamâqat)

Descendants

Dari: اَحْمَق (ahmaq)
Iranian Persian: اَحْمَق (ahmaġ)
Tajik: аҳмақ (ahmaq)
→ Bengali: আহাম্মক (ahammok)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: अहमक़ (ahmaq)

Urdu: اَحْمَق (ahmaq)
→ Punjabi:
Shahmukhi script: اَحْمَق (aḥmaq)

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

احمق • (ahmaq) (Hindi spelling अहमक़)

stupid, idiotic, foolish

Noun

احمق • (ahmaq) m (Hindi spelling अहमक़)

moron, idiot, fool