رسوایی

Persian

Alternative forms

• رسوائی (rosvâ'i)

Etymology

رسوا (rosvâ, “infamous”) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾus.wɑː.ˈjiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rʊs.wɑː.jíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rʊs.wɑː.jíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rʊs.wɑː.jíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rus.wɔː.jí]

• (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

Dari	رسوایی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	расвоӣ

رسوایی • (rosvâyi) (plural رسوایی‌ها (rosvâyi-hâ))

1. scandal, disgrace, dishonour

   رسوایی‌ جنسی ― rosvâyi-ye 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 ğawğā-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.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)