canfəşan

Borrowed from Classical Persian جان‌فشان (jān-fišān).

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canfəşan (comparative daha canfəşan, superlative ən canfəşan)

1. (dated) extremely loyal, to the point of selflessness and self-sacrifice

   Synonym: fədakar

2. zealous; eager; going out of one's way (especially when out of place, in vain or ostensibly, not sincerely)

• canfəşanlıq

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “canfəşan”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb