افتخار

Persian

Etymology

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: -âr

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