افسوس

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾp̄sws /⁠afsōs⁠/).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaf.ˈsoːs/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.sóːs]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.sóːs]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.sʊ́ːs]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæf.súːs]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.sɵ́s]

Readings
Classical reading^?	afsōs
Dari reading^?	afsōs
Iranian reading^?	afsus
Tajik reading^?	afsüs

Interjection

افسوس • (afsôs)


Iranian Persian	افسوس
Dari	افسوس
Tajik	афсӯс

alas! ah!

Noun

افسوس • (afsôs)

Descendants

→ Middle Armenian: ափսոս (apʻsos)
- Armenian: ափսոս (apʻsos)
→ Assamese: আফচোচ (aphosüs)
→ Azerbaijani:
Latin script: əfsus

Arabic script: افسۇس
→ Bengali: আফসোস (aphośōs)
→ Georgian: აფსუს (apsus), აფსუსი (apsusi)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: अफ़सोस (afsos)

Urdu: افسوس (afsos)
→ Ottoman Turkish: افسوس (efsus)
- Turkish: efsus
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਅਫਸੋਸ (aphasos)

Shahmukhi script: افسوس (afsos)
→ Sindhi: افسوس (afsos)
→ Uyghur: ئەپسۇس (epsus)
→ Vaghri: અપસોસ (apasos)

See also

افسوس خوردن (afsôs xordan)

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (afsōs).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [əfsos]

Noun

اَفسوس • (afsos)

regret

References

Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “اَفسوس”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (afsōs).

Noun

افسوس • (afsos) m (Hindi spelling अफ़्सोस)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu افسوس (afsôs).

Noun

افسوس (afsôs)