معذور

معذور

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْذُور‎ (maʿḏūr).

Pronunciation

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

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

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

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /maʔˈzuɾ/

Adjective

مَعْذور • (ma'zur)

1. 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-pōšīd īn xirqa-yi may-ālūd
     ay šayx-i pāk-dāman ma'zūr dār mā rā

     Hafez, do not put on these wine-sullied rags!
     O purely clad shaykh, hold me excusable.

     (romanization in Classical Persian)