رسوایی
Persian
Alternative forms
- رسوائی (ruswā'ī / rosvâ'i)
Etymology
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From رسوا (ruswā / rosvâ, “disgarcful, infamous”) + ـی (-ī / -i).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /rus.waː.ˈjiː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [rʊs.wɑː.jíː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɹos.vɒː.jíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾäs.vɔ.jí]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ruswāyī |
| Dari reading? | ruswāyī |
| Iranian reading? | rosvâyi |
| Tajik reading? | rasvoyi |
Noun
رسوایی • (ruswāyī / rosvâyi) (plural رسواییها (ruswāyī-hā / rosvâyi-hâ), Tajik spelling русвоӣ)
- scandal, disgrace, dishonour
- رسوایی جنسی ― ruswāyī-yi / rosvâyi-ye jinsī / jensi ― sex scandal
- c. 1580, Vahshī Bāfqī, “شرح پریشانی”, in گزیده اشعار [Selected Poems][1]:
- عشقِ من شد سببِ خوبی و رعناییِ او
داد رسوایی من شهرتِ زیباییِ او
بس که دادم همهجا شرحِ دلاراییِ او
شهر پُر گشت ز غوغایِ تماشاییِ او- išq-i man šud sabab-i xūbī u ra'nāyī-yi ō
dād ruswāyī-yi man šuhrat-i zēbāyī-yi ō
bas ki dādam hama jā šahr-i dilārāyī-yi ō
šahr pur gašt zi ġawġā-yi tamāšāyī-yi ō - My love was responsible for her fairness and charms;
My infamy gave her the fame of her beauty;
Everywhere, so often did I explain how she adorned men's hearts,
The town became full of the tumult of men wanting to see her.
- išq-i man šud sabab-i xūbī u ra'nāyī-yi ō