مروت

مروت

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مُرُوءَة‎ (murūʾa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /muɾuwwat/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /mʊɾʊwwat/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /moɾowvæt/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /muɾuvvat/

Noun

مُرُوَّت • (morovvat)

1. manliness; gallantry; generosity; magnanimity; humanity; mercy

   Synonyms: جوانمردی‎ (javânmardi), (archaic) هنر‎ (honar)

   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 5”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎:

     ‏آسایش دو گیتی تفسیر این دو حرف است
     با دوستان مروت با دشمنان مدارا‎

     āsāyiš-i du gētī tafsīr-i īn du harf ast
     bā dōstān muruwwat bā dušmānān mudārā

     Ease in the two worlds is [in] interpreting these two words:
     Manliness with friends, courtesy with foes.

     (romanization in Classical Persian)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: مروت‎ (mürüvvet)
  • Turkish: mürüvvet