فراموش

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (pl(ʾ)mwš /fra/ā-mōš/, “forgotten”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to forget, annoy, disturb, neglect”)..

Cognates include Baluchi ‎ (šamóšag, “to forget”), English mar (“to spoil, damage”), Armenian մոռանալ (moṙanal, “to forget, fail”), Sanskrit मृष्यति (mṛṣyati, “to forget”), Latvian aizmirst (“to forget”), Tocharian A märs- (“to forget”).

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /faɾɑːˈmoːʃ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /fæɾɒːˈmuːʃ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /faɾɔˈmɵʃ/

Audio (Iranian Persian) (file)

Adjective

فراموش • (farâmuš)

Iranian Persian	فراموش
Dari	فراموش
Tajik	фаромӯш (faromüš)

forgotten
- c. 1260, Rumi, “3:3076”, in The Masnavi:
  ‏چون فراموش خودی یادت کنند، بنده گشتی آنگه آزادت کنند‎
  čun farâmuš-e xod-i yâd-at konand, bande gašt-i ân gah âzâd-at konand.
  When you are forgetful of yourself, then you are remembered; when you have become a slave, then you are set free.
Synonym: از یاد رفته‎ (az yâd rafte)

Derived terms

فراموشی‎ (farâmôši)
فراموشکار‎ (farâmôškâr)
فراموش کردن‎ (farâmôš kardan)
فراموش شدن‎ (farâmôš šodan)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “فراموش”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “pl(ʾ)mwš”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 32
Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 181
Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 306

Urdu

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fə.ɾɑː.moːʃ/

Adjective

فراموش • (farāmoś) (Hindi spelling फ़रामोश)

forgotten