آفاق

See also: أفاق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic آفَاق (ʔāfāq), plural of أُفُق (ʔufuq).

Noun

آفاق • (afak)

1. plural of افق (ufuk)
2. the world

Descendants

• Turkish: afak

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “afak”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آفاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 26a

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آفَاق (ʔāfāq), plural of أُفُق (ʔufuq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ˈfɑːq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.fɑ́ːq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.fɑ́ːq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.fɑ́ːq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.fɔ́ːq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.fɒ́ːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.fɔ́q]

Readings
Classical reading?	āfāq
Dari reading?	āfāq
Iranian reading?	âfâğ
Tajik reading?	ofoq

Noun

Dari	آفاق
Iranian Persian
Tajik	офоқ

آفاق • (âfâq)

1. (literary) the whole world; every horizon
2. plural of افق (ofoq, “horizon”)

Further reading

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