فروغ

فروغ

See also: فروع‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ف ر غ‎ (f-r-ḡ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu.ruːɣ/

Noun

فُرُوغ • (furūḡ)

1. verbal noun of فَرَغَ‎ (faraḡa) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun فُرُوغ (furūḡ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	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

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Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /fuɾoːɣ/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /fʊɾoːɣ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /foɾuːɢ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /fuɾɵɣ/

Noun

Dari	فروغ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	фурӯғ (furüġ)

فروغ • (foruğ)

1. brightness, lustre

   Synonym: روشنی‎ (rowšani)

   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 12”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:

     ‏ای فروغِ ماهِ حسن از روی رخشان شما
     آبروی خوبی از چاه زنخدان شما‎

     ay furōğ-i māh-i husn az rōy-i raxšān-i šumā
     ābirōy-i xūbī az čāh-i zanaxdān-i šumā

     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-foruğ)
• کم‌فروغ‎ (kam-foruğ)

 

Descendants

• → Urdu: فروغ‎ (furōğ, farōğ)

Proper noun

فروغ • (foruğ)

1. a female given name, Forough

References

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