آفاق

See also: أفاق

Arabic

Root
ء ف ق (ʔ f q)
2 terms

Etymology

Plural of أُفُق (ʔufuq, “horizon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.faːq/
• Rhymes: -aːq

Noun

آفَاق • (ʔāfāq) m pl

1. plural of أُفُق (ʔufuq)

Noun

آفَاق • (ʔāfāq) m pl (normally plural, singular أُفُق (ʔufuq))

1. horizons
2. skyline
3. outlooks, perspectives

Declension

Declension of noun آفَاق (ʔāfāq)

plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	آفَاق ʔāfāq	الْآفَاق al-ʔāfāq	آفَاق ʔāfāq
nominative	آفَاقٌ ʔāfāqun	الْآفَاقُ al-ʔāfāqu	آفَاقُ ʔāfāqu
accusative	آفَاقًا ʔāfāqan	الْآفَاقَ al-ʔāfāqa	آفَاقَ ʔāfāqa
genitive	آفَاقٍ ʔāfāqin	الْآفَاقِ al-ʔāfāqi	آفَاقِ ʔāfāqi

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: آفاق (afâk)
  • → Turkish: afak
• → Urdu: آفاق (âfâq)

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