معذرت
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَعْذِرَة (maʕḏira), from عَذَر (ʕaḏar).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /maʔ.zi.ˈrat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäʔ.zɪ.ɾát̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæʔ.ze.ɹǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mäʔ.zi.ɾát̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ma'zirat |
| Dari reading? | ma'zirat |
| Iranian reading? | ma'zerat |
| Tajik reading? | ma'zirat |
Noun
معذرت • (ma'zirat / ma'zerat) (Tajik spelling маъзират)
- excuse; apology
- forgiveness, pardon
- Synonym: پوزش (pūzeš)
- c. 1670, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 734”, in دیوان [Dīvān][1]:
- صائب مباش در صدد معذرت که نیست
بهتر ز انفعال، شفیعی گناه را- sā'ib ma-bāš dar sadad-i ma'zirat ki nēst
bihtar zi infi'āl šafī'-ē gunāh rā - Sā'ib, do not seek forgiveness! For there is not
Any intercessor for sins who is better than shame.
- sā'ib ma-bāš dar sadad-i ma'zirat ki nēst
Derived terms
- معذرت خواستن (ma'zerat xâstan, “to apologize”)
Urdu
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَعْذِرَت (ma'zirat), borrowed from Arabic مَعْذِرَة (maʕḏira), from عَذَر (ʕaḏar).[1][2][3] First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi معذرت (m'ẕrt /ma'ẕirat/).[4]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məʔ.zə.ɾət̪/, [mɑː.zə.ɾət̪]
- Rhymes: -ət̪
- Hyphenation: مَع‧ذَ‧رَت
Noun
مَعْذَرَت • (ma'zarat) f (Hindi spelling माज़रत)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | مَعْذَرَت (ma'zarat) | مَعْذَرَتیں (ma'zaratẽ) |
| oblique | مَعْذَرَت (ma'zarat) | مَعْذَرَتوں (ma'zaratõ) |
| vocative | مَعْذَرَت (ma'zarat) | مَعْذَرَتو (ma'zarato) |
Interjection
مَعْذَرَت • (ma'zarat) (Hindi spelling माज़रत)
References
- ^ Platts, John T. (1884), “معذرت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- ^ Fallon, S. W. (1879), “معذرت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- ^ John Shakespear (1834), “معذرت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
- ^ “معذرت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.