فروغ

See also: فروع

Arabic

Root
ف ر غ (f r ḡ)
15 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fu.ruːɣ/

Noun

فُرُوغ • (furūḡ)

verbal noun of فَرَغَ (faraḡa) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun **فُرُوغ** (furūḡ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فُرُوغ furūḡ	الْفُرُوغ al-furūḡ	فُرُوغ furūḡ
nominative	فُرُوغٌ furūḡun	الْفُرُوغُ al-furūḡu	فُرُوغُ furūḡu
accusative	فُرُوغًا furūḡan	الْفُرُوغَ al-furūḡa	فُرُوغَ furūḡa
genitive	فُرُوغٍ furūḡin	الْفُرُوغِ al-furūḡi	فُرُوغِ furūḡi

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (plwk' /⁠frōg⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *fra- + *ráwčah (“light”, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwčas, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-os (“light”)).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /fu.ˈɾoːɣ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fʊ.ɾoːɣ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fʊ.ɾoːɣ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fu.ɾʊːɣ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fo.ɹuːɢ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fu.ɾɵʁ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	furōġ
Dari reading^?	furōġ
Iranian reading^?	foruġ
Tajik reading^?	furüġ

Noun


Iranian Persian	فروغ
Dari	فروغ
Tajik	фурӯғ

فروغ • (foruġ)

brightness, lustre
Synonym: روشنی (rowšani)
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 12”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:
  ای فروغِ ماهِ حسن از روی رخشان شما
  آبروی خوبی از چاه زنخدان شما
  ay furôġ-i mâh-i husn az rôy-i raxšân-i šumâ
  âbirôy-i xûbî az čâh-i zanaxdân-i šumâ
  O, the radiance of the moon of grace is from that bright face of yours;
  The dignity of beauty, from the dimple on that chin of yours.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

پرفروغ (por-foruġ)
کم‌فروغ (kam-foruġ)

Descendants

→ Urdu: فَروغ (faroġ)

Proper noun

فروغ • (foruġ)

a female given name, Forough

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “فروغ”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim