معذور

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْذُور‎ (maʕḏūr).

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /maʔˈzuːɾ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /mæʔˈzuːɾ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /maʔˈzuɾ/

Adjective

مَعْذور • (ma'zur)

excusable; exempt
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 5”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎:
  ‏حافظ به خود نپوشید این خرقهٔ می‌آلود
  ای شیخ پاک‌دامن معذور دار ما را‎
  hafiz ba xwad na-pôšîd în xirqa-yi may-âlûd
  ay šayx-i pâk-dâman ma'zûr dâr mâ râ
  Hafez, do not put on these wine-sullied rags!
  O purely clad shaykh, hold me excusable.
  (romanization in Classical Persian)

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