فارغ

See also: فارع

Arabic
Root
ف ر غ (f-r-ḡ)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of فَرَغَ (faraḡa, “to become empty”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /faː.riɣ/

Adjective

فَارِغ • (fāriḡ) (feminine فَارِغَة (fāriḡa), masculine plural فُرَّاغ (furrāḡ), elative أَفْرَغ (ʔafraḡ))

  1. active participle of فَرَغَ or فَرِغَ (faraḡa or fariḡa).
  2. empty
    إِنَاء فَارِغ ― ʔināʔ fāriḡ ― an empty vessel
  3. inane, vacuous, useless[1]
    كَلَام فَارِغ ― kalām fāriḡ ― idle talk

Declension
Declension of adjective فَارِغ (fāriḡ)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal فَارِغ
fāriḡ		 الْفَارِغ
al-fāriḡ		 فَارِغَة
fāriḡa		 الْفَارِغَة
al-fāriḡa
Nominative فَارِغٌ
fāriḡun		 الْفَارِغُ
al-fāriḡu		 فَارِغَةٌ
fāriḡatun		 الْفَارِغَةُ
al-fāriḡatu
Accusative فَارِغًا
fāriḡan		 الْفَارِغَ
al-fāriḡa		 فَارِغَةً
fāriḡatan		 الْفَارِغَةَ
al-fāriḡata
Genitive فَارِغٍ
fāriḡin		 الْفَارِغِ
al-fāriḡi		 فَارِغَةٍ
fāriḡatin		 الْفَارِغَةِ
al-fāriḡati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal فَارِغَيْن
fāriḡayn		 الْفَارِغَيْن
al-fāriḡayn		 فَارِغَتَيْن
fāriḡatayn		 الْفَارِغَتَيْن
al-fāriḡatayn
Nominative فَارِغَانِ
fāriḡāni		 الْفَارِغَانِ
al-fāriḡāni		 فَارِغَتَانِ
fāriḡatāni		 الْفَارِغَتَانِ
al-fāriḡatāni
Accusative فَارِغَيْنِ
fāriḡayni		 الْفَارِغَيْنِ
al-fāriḡayni		 فَارِغَتَيْنِ
fāriḡatayni		 الْفَارِغَتَيْنِ
al-fāriḡatayni
Genitive فَارِغَيْنِ
fāriḡayni		 الْفَارِغَيْنِ
al-fāriḡayni		 فَارِغَتَيْنِ
fāriḡatayni		 الْفَارِغَتَيْنِ
al-fāriḡatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
basic broken plural triptote sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal فُرَّاغ
furrāḡ		 الْفُرَّاغ
al-furrāḡ		 فَارِغَات
fāriḡāt		 الْفَارِغَات
al-fāriḡāt
Nominative فُرَّاغٌ
furrāḡun		 الْفُرَّاغُ
al-furrāḡu		 فَارِغَاتٌ
fāriḡātun		 الْفَارِغَاتُ
al-fāriḡātu
Accusative فُرَّاغًا
furrāḡan		 الْفُرَّاغَ
al-furrāḡa		 فَارِغَاتٍ
fāriḡātin		 الْفَارِغَاتِ
al-fāriḡāti
Genitive فُرَّاغٍ
furrāḡin		 الْفُرَّاغِ
al-furrāḡi		 فَارِغَاتٍ
fāriḡātin		 الْفَارِغَاتِ
al-fāriḡāti

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Maltese: fieragħ
  • → Azerbaijani: fariğ
  • → Persian: فارغ (fâreğ)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: فارغ (fâriğ)
    • → Turkish: fariğ
  • → Phalura: faaríɣ

References
  1. Wehr, Hans (1979) “فارغ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN.

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic فَارِغ (fāriḡ).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fɑː.ɾɪ́ɣ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [fɑː.ɾɪ́ɣ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [fɔː.ɾíɣ]

Readings
Classical reading? fāriğ
Dari reading? fāriğ
Iranian reading? fâreğ
Tajik reading? foriġ

Adjective

فارِغ • (fâreğ) (comparative فارِغ‌تَر (fâreğ-tar), superlative فارِغ‌تَرین (fâreğ-tarin))

  1. unencumbered, unburdened, free, unconcerned with
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 368:
      امتحان خود چو کردی ای فلان / فارغ آیی ز امتحان دیگران
      emtehân-e xod čo kardi ey folân / fâreğ âyi z-emtehân-e digarân
      When you have made trial of yourself, o such-and-such, you will be unconcerned with making trial of others.
    • 1973, Iraj Pezeshkzad, translated by Dick Davis, دایی جان ناپلئون [My Uncle Napoleon], Random House, →ISBN:
      حتی یک لحظه از یاد چشمهای لیلی و نگاه او نمی‌توانستم فارغ شوم […]
      hattâ yek lahze az yâd-e češm-hâ-ye leyli va negâh-e u ne-mi-tavânestam fâreğ šavam […]
      I couldn't get free of the memory of Layli’s eyes and of her gaze even for a moment […]
  2. (of a woman) having delivered

Derived terms
  • فارِغ شُدَن (fâreğ šodan)
  • فارِغ کَردَن (fâreğ kardan)

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فارغ (fāriğ), from Arabic فَارِغ (fāriḡ). Compare Punjabi فارَغ (fāraġ) / ਫ਼ਾਰਗ਼ (fāraġ), Gujarati ફારગ (phārag).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fɑː.ɾɪɣ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪɣ
  • Hyphenation: فا‧رِغ

Adjective

فارِغ • (fāriġ) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling फ़ारिग़)

  1. free, unoccupied
  2. at leisure
  3. fired (from a job)
  4. discharged, absolved
  5. (rare) empty

Further reading
  • “فارغ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “فارغ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “فارغ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “فارغ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “فارغ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 865
  • John Shakespear (1834) “فارغ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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