افگار

افگار

Persian

Alternative forms

• اَفکار‎ (afkâr), اَوکار‎ (avkâr), فَکار‎ (fakâr), فَگار‎ (fagâr), فَگال‎ (fagâl), اَوگار‎ (augâr)

Etymology

The present participle of the verb افگاشتن‎ (afgâštan, “to draw off (on skin)”), itself from the root گاشتن‎ (gâštan, “to draw”), hence related to پرگار‎ (pargâr, “a pair of compasses”, literally “what draws around”), نگار‎ (negâr, “mistress, idol, painting”, literally “what draws down”), یادگار‎ (yâdgâr, “memory, history”, literally “what draws to the memory”).

Adjective

افگار • (afgâr)

1. (archaic) wounded or hurt

   Synonyms: خسته‎ (xaste), زخمی‎ (zaxmi), مجروح‎ (majruh)

   • 11th Century CE, Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi, Tarikh-i Bayhaqi, Page 354:

     ‏خوارزمشاه اسب بخواست و بجهد برنشست، اسب تندی کرد از قضای آمده بیفتاد بر جانب افگار و دستش بشکست‎

     xârazmšâh asb bexast o be jahd bar nešast, asb tondi kard az qazâye âmade biyoftâd bar jâneb afgâr o dastaš beškast.

     Xwarazmshah asked for a horse, he hurriedly mounted the beast, but the horse was restive and balky, and finally threw him on the ground; he got wounded on the side, and broke his arm.

2. (archaic) fatigued, exhausted

   Synonym: خسته‎ (xaste)

3. (archaic) annoyed, irritated

   Synonyms: آزرده‎ (âzorde), دل‌ریش‎ (delriš)

Derived terms

• دل‌افگار‎ (del-afgâr)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “افگار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press