فغفور

Persian

Alternative forms

بغبور (baġbur), بغپور (baġpur), فغپور (faġpur)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sogdian 𐼱𐼲𐼾𐼰𐼴𐽀 (βɣpʾwr /⁠βaγpūr⁠/); see there for further information.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /faɣˈfuːr/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɣfúːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fäɣ.fúːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fäɣ.fúɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæɢfúːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fäʁfúɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	faġfūr
Dari reading^?	faġfūr
Iranian reading^?	faġfur
Tajik reading^?	faġfur

Noun

فغفور • (faġfur)^[1]

emperor of China

Derived terms

فَغْفُورِی (“Chinese porcelain”)
- Ottoman Turkish: فغفوری (fağfuri)
  - Turkish: fağfuri
  - → Greek: φαρφουρί (farfourí, “thin porcelain”)
  - → Russian: фарфо́р (farfór, “porcelain”)

Descendants

→ Arabic: بَغْبُور (baḡbūr), فَغْفُور (faḡfūr)
→ Ottoman Turkish: فغفور (fağfur)
- Turkish: fağfur

References

^ Henning, W. B. (1939), “Sogdian Loan-Words in New Persian”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies‎^[1], volume 10, number 1, page 94