افتخار
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ف خ ر (f ḵ r) |
| 9 terms |
Etymology
Verbal noun of اِفْتَخَرَ (iftaḵara).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /if.ti.xaːr/
- Rhymes: -aːr
Noun
اِفْتِخَار • (iftiḵār) m
- verbal noun of اِفْتَخَرَ (iftaḵara) (form VIII)
- pride
- honor
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | اِفْتِخَار iftiḵār |
الِافْتِخَار al-iftiḵār |
اِفْتِخَار iftiḵār |
| nominative | اِفْتِخَارٌ iftiḵārun |
الِافْتِخَارُ al-iftiḵāru |
اِفْتِخَارُ iftiḵāru |
| accusative | اِفْتِخَارًا iftiḵāran |
الِافْتِخَارَ al-iftiḵāra |
اِفْتِخَارَ iftiḵāra |
| genitive | اِفْتِخَارٍ iftiḵārin |
الِافْتِخَارِ al-iftiḵāri |
اِفْتِخَارِ iftiḵāri |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: iftixar
- → Persian: افتخار (eftexâr)
- → Ottoman Turkish: افتخار (iftihâr)
- Turkish: iftihar
- → Uyghur: ئىپتىخار (iptixar)
- → Uzbek: iftixor
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اِفْتِخار (iftiḵār, “haughtiness, loftiness”). Compare Arabic فَخْر (faḵr, “honour, pride”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔif.ti.ˈxaːɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪf.t̪ʰɪ.xɑ́ːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔef.t̪ʰe.xɒ́ːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔif.t̪ʰi.χɔ́ɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | iftixār |
| Dari reading? | iftixār |
| Iranian reading? | eftexâr |
| Tajik reading? | iftixor |
- Rhymes: -ɑːr
Noun
افتخار • (eftexâr)
- honour
- Synonym: عِزَّت ('ezzat)
- pride
- Synonyms: سَربُلَندی (sarbolandi), سَرَافرازی (sarafrâzi)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3723:
- او خدو انداخت در روی علی
افتخار هر نبی و هر ولی- ō xadū andāxt dar rōy-i 'Alī
iftixār-i har nabī u har walī - He spat on the face of ‘Alí,
the pride of every prophet and every saint
- ō xadū andāxt dar rōy-i 'Alī
Derived terms
- اِفتِخار آفرین (eftexâr âfarin)
- اِفتِخار کَردَن (eftexâr kardan)
- اِفتِخارآمیز (eftexâr-âmiz)
- اِفتِخاری (eftexâri)
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “افتخار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press