احمق

See also: أحمق and آچمق

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَق (ʔaḥmaq).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ahmaq
Dari reading? ahmaq
Iranian reading? ahmaġ
Tajik reading? ahmaq

Noun

احمق • (ahmaq / ahmaġ) (plural احمقان (ahmaqān / ahmaġân), or احمق‌ها (ahmaq-hā / ahmaġ-hâ), Tajik spelling аҳмақ)

  1. idiot, fool, dolt

Adjective

احمق • (ahmaq / ahmaġ) (comparative احمق‌تَر, superlative احمق‌تَرین, Tajik spelling аҳмақ)

  1. idiotic, foolish, stupid

Inflection

Predicative forms of احمق (ahmaq)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)
احمقم (ahmaqam) احمقیم (ahmaqim)
2nd person
(“you are”)
احمقی (ahmaqi) احمقید، احمقین (ahmaqid, ahmaqin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)
احمق است، احمقه (ahmaq ast, ahmaqe) احمقند، احمقن (ahmaqand, ahmaqan)

Colloquial.

Derived terms

  • احمقانه (ahmaqāna / ahmaġâne)
Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ح م ق (0 c, 2 e)

Descendants

  • Bengali: আহাম্মক (ahammok)
  • Chagatai: احمق (ʾḥmq /⁠ähmäq, ahmaq⁠/)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: अहमक़ (ahmaq)
    Urdu: اَحْمَق (ahmaq)
  • Punjabi:
    Shahmukhi script: اَحْمَق (aḥmaq)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian احمق (ahmaq) from Arabic أَحْمَق (ʔaḥmaq).

Pronunciation

Adjective

احمق • (ahmaq) (Hindi spelling अहमक़)

  1. stupid, idiotic, foolish

Noun

احمق • (ahmaqm (Hindi spelling अहमक़)

  1. moron, idiot, fool