مشفق

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُشْفِق‎‎ (mušfiq).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muʃ.ˈfiq]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊʃ.fɪ́q]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊʃ.fɪ́q]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muʃ.fíq]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moʃ.féɢ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muʃ.fíq]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mušfiq
Dari reading^?	mušfiq
Iranian reading^?	mošfeğ
Tajik reading^?	mušfiq

Adjective

مُشْفِق‎ • (mošfeq) (comparative مُشْفِق‎تَر‎ (mošfeq-tar), superlative مُشْفِق‎تَرین‎ (mošfeq-tarin))

(of people) kind; tender; compassionate
Synonyms: مهربان‎ (mehrabân), دلسوز‎ (delsuz), سفیق‎ (šafiq)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 173:
  ‏من غم تو می‌‌خورم تو غم مخور
  بر تو من مشفق‌‌ترم از صد پدر‎
  man ğamm-i tu mē-xwaram tu ğam ma-xwar
  bar tu man mušfiq-tar-am az sad pidar
  I will be anxious for you, be not you anxious: I am kinder to you than a hundred fathers.

Derived terms

مشفقانه‎ (mošfeqâne, “kind (of actions); kindly”)

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