AboutMojtaba Parsa Expertise As you may know, Persian culture is one of the most ancient cultures in the world. This enormous volume of antiquity has always been affected by different cultures through the passage of history: National beliefs, language, religion, borders, etc. I can answer you about Persian culture before and after Islam - which is known as a milestone in Iranian history, and also about the various languages spoken by Iranians, and give you translations in today's Iran's official language, Farsi (Persian).
Podemos compartir los textos de español y persa y traducirlos para otra cada, también.
Mojtaba
Experience I am an Iranian and have studied general history about Iran. I am absolutely familiar with the culture and language of my own country.
Education/Credentials My education is strengthened about civil engineering.
Recently I've met two women here called Figen, and I gather that there is a Persian word فگن meaning “overthrowing” or something like that. I suppose the idea is that girls with that name become so beautiful that they bowl men over?
Is it used at all in the modern language? Perhaps as a suffix? Is it used in names? How is it pronounced exactly?
All the best,
Simon
Answer Hi Simon,
فگن is the "Present Root" (بن مضارع) of the verb فگندن; However, افگندن with the present root of افگن had been vastly being used, instead. Also said: فکندن and افکندن.
This verb by itself is not actually used in today's Persian. But as you correctly said, it is still used as a suffix. For example: نور افکن is what does the act of افکندن upon the نور. Something which drops the light; floodlight, spotlight, searchlight.
فگن and فکن are pronounced this like: /fegan, fekan/
I have no idea about the origination of the name you mentioned, "Figen". This doesn't look to have anything to do with افکندن. But it's just my theory - while this name is not Persian.
Hope this helps.
With Best Regards, Mojtaba Parsa.
