بی‌برگی

Persian

FWOTD – 2 February 2024

Etymology

Literally, “leaflessness”. A plant without leaves is poor or barren.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [beː baɾ.ˈɡiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː bäɾ.ɡíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː bäɾ.ɡíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beː bäɾ.ɡíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [beː bäɾ.ɡí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biː bæɹ.ɡʲíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [be bäɾ.ɡí]

Readings
Classical reading?	bē bargī
Dari reading?	bē bargī
Iranian reading?	bi bargi
Tajik reading?	be bargi

Noun

بی‌برگی • (bi-bargi)

1. (poetic) poverty, destitution, barrenness
   • 1177, Farīd ud-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, “The tale of the nightingale”, in منطق‌الطیر [The Conference of the Birds]:

     چون بود صد برگ دلدار مرا
     کی بود بی‌برگیی کار مرا
     گل که حالی بشکفد چون دلکشی
     از همه در روی من خندد خوشی

     čūn buwad sad barg dildār-i ma-rā
     kay buwad bē-bargī-yē kār-i ma-rā
     gul ki hālē biškufad čūn dilkašī
     az hama dar rōy-i man xandad xwašī

     When my beloved has a hundred leaves [petals],
     How shall my affairs be leafless [fruitless, vain]?
     The rose that now blossoms like desire
     Smiles cheerily on my face, out of all there is.

     (Classical romanization)