فرخار

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sogdian [Term?] (/⁠βṛγʾr⁠/, “Buddhist temple”), from Sanskrit विहार (vihāra, “Buddhist temple”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /faɾ.ˈxaːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.xɑ́ːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.xɑ́ːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.xɔ́ːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæɹ.xɒ́ːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.χɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	farxār
Dari reading^?	farxār
Iranian reading^?	farxâr
Tajik reading^?	farxor

Proper noun

فرخار • (farxâr)

A city now split between Afghanistan and Tajikistan, in medieval times known for its Buddhist idol-temple and for the beauty of its inhabitants.

Noun

فرخار • (farxâr)

(poetic, figurative) place with beautiful people; especially used in conjunction with (bot, “idol, beauty”)
- c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 43”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎^[1]:
  گاه کند خانه را به زلف چو تبت
  گاه کند خیمه را به روی چو فرخار
  gāh kunad xāna rā ba zolf čū tubbat
  gāh kunad xayma rā ba rōy čū farxār
  Sometimes he makes the house like Tibet with his locks,
  Sometimes he makes the tent like Farkhār with his face.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
  (Tibet was the source of musk, so the allusion is to the beloved's musky and fragrant black locks of hair; likewise, Farkhār is the source of beauties.)