سگ (Sag)

/sæg/insult

What does سگ (Sag) mean? سگ (Sag) is a Dari moderate that translates to “dog / lowlife” in English.

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"dog / lowlife"

The standalone insult. While 'sag' appears in dozens of compound insults (pedar sag, madar sag, tokhm-e sag), using it alone is a blunt, direct way to call someone subhuman. In Islam, dogs are ritually impure — their saliva nullifies ablution. So calling someone a dog is calling them spiritually contaminated.

ای سگ، از خانه من برو بیرون. (Ay sag, az khana-ye man boro biroon. - You dog, get out of my house.) — Used during a serious argument.