فارغ

See also: فارع‎

Arabic

Etymology

Morphologically from the root ف ر غ‎ (f-r-ḡ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /faː.riɣ/

Adjective

فَارِغ • (fāriḡ) (feminine فَارِغَة‎ (fāriḡa), masculine plural فُرَّاغ‎ (furrāḡ), elative أَفْرَغ‎ (ʔafraḡ))

active participle of فَرَغَor فَرِغَ‎ (faraḡa or fariḡa).
inane, vacuous, useless[1]

Declension

Declension of adjective فَارِغ (fāriḡ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	فَارِغ fāriḡ	الْفَارِغ‎ al-fāriḡ	فَارِغَة‎ fāriḡa	الْفَارِغَة‎ al-fāriḡa
Nominative	فَارِغٌ fāriḡun	الْفَارِغُ‎ al-fāriḡu	فَارِغَةٌ‎ fāriḡatun	الْفَارِغَةُ‎ al-fāriḡatu
Accusative	فَارِغًا‎ fāriḡan	الْفَارِغَ‎ al-fāriḡa	فَارِغَةً‎ fāriḡatan	الْفَارِغَةَ‎ al-fāriḡata
Genitive	فَارِغٍ fāriḡin	الْفَارِغِ‎ al-fāriḡi	فَارِغَةٍ‎ fāriḡatin	الْفَارِغَةِ‎ al-fāriḡati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	فَارِغَيْن‎ fāriḡayn	الْفَارِغَيْن‎ al-fāriḡayn	فَارِغَتَيْن‎ fāriḡatayn	الْفَارِغَتَيْن‎ al-fāriḡatayn
Nominative	فَارِغَانِ‎ fāriḡāni	الْفَارِغَانِ‎ al-fāriḡāni	فَارِغَتَانِ‎ fāriḡatāni	الْفَارِغَتَانِ‎ al-fāriḡatāni
Accusative	فَارِغَيْنِ‎ fāriḡayni	الْفَارِغَيْنِ‎ al-fāriḡayni	فَارِغَتَيْنِ‎ fāriḡatayni	الْفَارِغَتَيْنِ‎ al-fāriḡatayni
Genitive	فَارِغَيْنِ‎ fāriḡayni	الْفَارِغَيْنِ‎ al-fāriḡayni	فَارِغَتَيْنِ‎ fāriḡatayni	الْفَارِغَتَيْنِ‎ al-fāriḡatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	فُرَّاغ‎ furrāḡ	الْفُرَّاغ‎ al-furrāḡ	فَارِغَات‎ fāriḡāt	الْفَارِغَات‎ al-fāriḡāt
Nominative	فُرَّاغٌ‎ furrāḡun	الْفُرَّاغُ‎ al-furrāḡu	فَارِغَاتٌ‎ fāriḡātun	الْفَارِغَاتُ‎ al-fāriḡātu
Accusative	فُرَّاغًا‎ furrāḡan	الْفُرَّاغَ‎ al-furrāḡa	فَارِغَاتٍ‎ fāriḡātin	الْفَارِغَاتِ‎ al-fāriḡāti
Genitive	فُرَّاغٍ‎ furrāḡin	الْفُرَّاغِ‎ al-furrāḡi	فَارِغَاتٍ‎ fāriḡātin	الْفَارِغَاتِ‎ al-fāriḡāti

Synonyms

(active participle): فَرِغ‎ (fariḡ)

Descendants

Maltese: fieragħ
→ Persian: فارغ‎ (fâreġ)
- → Gujarati: ફારગ (phārag)
- → Hindustani: fāriġ
  Hindi: फ़ारिग़
  Urdu: فَارِغ‎
- → Punjabi: fāraġ
  Gurmukhi: ਫ਼ਾਰਗ਼
  Shahmukhi: فارَغ‎

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “فارغ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN.

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic فَارِغ‎ (fāriḡ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /fɑːɾiɣ/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /fɒːɾɪɣ/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /fɒːɾeɢ/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /fɔːɾiɣ/

Adjective

فارِغ • (fâreğ) (comparative فارِغ‌تَر‎ (fâreğ-tar), superlative فارِغ‌تَرین‎ (fâreğ-tarin))

unencumbered, unburdened, free, unconcerned with
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 368:
  ‏امتحان خود چو کردی ای فلان / فارغ آیی ز امتحان دیگران‎
  emtehân-e xod čo kardi ey folân / fâreğ âyi z-emtehân-e digarân
  When you have made trial of yourself, o such-and-such, you will be unconcerned with making trial of others.
- 1973, Iraj Pezeshkzad, Dick Davis, transl., دایی جان ناپلئون‎ [My Uncle Napoleon], Random House, →ISBN:
  ‏حتی یک لحظه از یاد چشمهای لیلی و نگاه او نمی‌توانستم فارغ شوم […] ‎
  hattâ yek lahze az yâd-e češm-hâ-ye leyli va negâh-e u ne-mi-tavânestam fâreğ šavam […]
  I couldn't get free of the memory of Layli’s eyes and of her gaze even for a moment […]
(of a woman) having delivered

Derived terms

فارِغ شُدَن‎ (fâreğ šodan)
فارِغ کَردَن‎‎ (fâreğ kardan)

Descendants

→ Gujarati: ફારગ (phārag)
→ Hindustani: fāriġ
Hindi: फ़ारिग़
Urdu: فَارِغ‎
→ Punjabi: fāraġ
Gurmukhi: ਫ਼ਾਰਗ਼
Shahmukhi: فارَغ‎

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (fâreġ), from Arabic فَارِغ‎ (fāriḡ). Compare Punjabi ਫ਼ਾਰਗ਼ (fāraġ) / فارغ‎ (fārġ), Gujarati ફારગ (phārag).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fɑː.ɾɪɣ/

Adjective

فارغ • (fāriġ) (Hindi spelling फ़ारिग़)

free (of a task or burden), unoccupied, at leisure

References

“فارغ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
“فارغ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

[1] Wehr, Hans (1979), “فارغ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN.