افتخار

Arabic

Root
ف خ ر (f ḵ r)
8 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِفْتَخَرَ (iftaḵara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /if.ti.xaːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

Noun

اِفْتِخَار • (iftiḵār) m

1. verbal noun of اِفْتَخَرَ (iftaḵara) (form VIII)
2. pride
3. honor

Declension

Declension of noun اِفْتِخَار (iftiḵār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِفْتِخَار iftiḵār	الِافْتِخَار al-iftiḵār	اِفْتِخَار iftiḵār
Nominative	اِفْتِخَارٌ iftiḵārun	الِافْتِخَارُ al-iftiḵāru	اِفْتِخَارُ iftiḵāru
Accusative	اِفْتِخَارًا iftiḵāran	الِافْتِخَارَ al-iftiḵāra	اِفْتِخَارَ iftiḵāra
Genitive	اِفْتِخَارٍ iftiḵārin	الِافْتِخَارِ al-iftiḵāri	اِفْتِخَارِ iftiḵāri

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: iftixar
• → Persian: افتخار (eftexâr)
• → Ottoman Turkish: افتخار (iftihâr)
  • Turkish: iftihar

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِفْتِخار (iftiḵār, “haughtiness, loftiness”). Compare Arabic فَخْر (faḵr, “honour, pride”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔif.ti.ˈxɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪf.t̪ʰɪ.xɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪf.t̪ʰɪ.xɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪf.t̪ʰɪ.xɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔif.t̪ʰi.xɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔef.t̪ʰe.xɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔif.t̪ʰi.χɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	iftixār
Dari reading?	iftixār
Iranian reading?	eftexâr
Tajik reading?	iftixor

• Rhymes: -ɑːr

Noun

افتخار • (eftexâr)

1. honour

   Synonym: عِزَّت ('ezzat)

2. pride

   Synonyms: سَربُلَندی (sarbolandi), سَرَافرازی (sarafrâzi)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3723:

     او خدو انداخت در روی علی
     افتخار هر نبی و هر ولی

     ō xadū andāxt dar rōy-i 'Alī
     iftixār-i har nabī u har walī

     He spat on the face of ‘Alí,
     the pride of every prophet and every saint

Derived terms

Derived terms

• اِفتِخار کَردَن (eftexâr kardan)
• اِفتِخارآمیز (eftexâr-âmiz)
• اِفتِخاری (eftexâri)
• اِفتِخار آفرین (eftexâr âfarin)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “افتخار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press