سوگ

See also: شوك

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian swk' (sōg, “burn, burning”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewk-.

Related to سوختن (suxtan, “to burn”), سرخ (sorx, “red”), and سوگند (sowgand, “oath”); and also to Old Armenian սուգ (sug, “grief”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [soːɡ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [soːɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [soːɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [soːɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sʊːɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [suːɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sɵɡ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sōg
Dari reading?	sōg
Iranian reading?	sug
Tajik reading?	süg

Noun

سوگ • (sug)

1. grief, sorrow, affliction, mourning
   • Ferdowsi, Shahnameh

     بسوگ سیاوش همی جوشد آب
     کند چرخ نفرین بر افراسیاب

     ba sōg-i siyāwaš hamē jōšad āb, kunad čarx-i nafrīn bar afrāsiyāb

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• سوز (suz)
• غم (ğam)
• اندوه (anduh)
• سهم (sahm)
• دژم (dežam)

Antonyms

• خوش (xoš)
• خوشحال (xoš-hâl)

Derived terms

• سوگوار (sugvâr)
• سوگواری (sugvâri)
• سوگ‌انگیز (sug-angiz)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سوگ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “swk'”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 75