معذور
Arabic
editRoot |
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ع ذ ر (ʕ ḏ r) |
12 terms |
Etymology
editDerived from the passive participle of the verb عَذَرَ (ʕaḏara, “to excuse”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editمَعْذُور • (maʕḏūr) (feminine مَعْذُورَة (maʕḏūra), masculine plural مَعْذُورُونَ (maʕḏūrūna), feminine plural مَعْذُورَات (maʕḏūrāt))
Declension
editDeclension of adjective مَعْذُور (maʕḏūr)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
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basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | مَعْذُور maʕḏūr |
الْمَعْذُور al-maʕḏūr |
مَعْذُورَة maʕḏūra |
الْمَعْذُورَة al-maʕḏūra |
Nominative | مَعْذُورٌ maʕḏūrun |
الْمَعْذُورُ al-maʕḏūru |
مَعْذُورَةٌ maʕḏūratun |
الْمَعْذُورَةُ al-maʕḏūratu |
Accusative | مَعْذُورًا maʕḏūran |
الْمَعْذُورَ al-maʕḏūra |
مَعْذُورَةً maʕḏūratan |
الْمَعْذُورَةَ al-maʕḏūrata |
Genitive | مَعْذُورٍ maʕḏūrin |
الْمَعْذُورِ al-maʕḏūri |
مَعْذُورَةٍ maʕḏūratin |
الْمَعْذُورَةِ al-maʕḏūrati |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | مَعْذُورَيْن maʕḏūrayn |
الْمَعْذُورَيْن al-maʕḏūrayn |
مَعْذُورَتَيْن maʕḏūratayn |
الْمَعْذُورَتَيْن al-maʕḏūratayn |
Nominative | مَعْذُورَانِ maʕḏūrāni |
الْمَعْذُورَانِ al-maʕḏūrāni |
مَعْذُورَتَانِ maʕḏūratāni |
الْمَعْذُورَتَانِ al-maʕḏūratāni |
Accusative | مَعْذُورَيْنِ maʕḏūrayni |
الْمَعْذُورَيْنِ al-maʕḏūrayni |
مَعْذُورَتَيْنِ maʕḏūratayni |
الْمَعْذُورَتَيْنِ al-maʕḏūratayni |
Genitive | مَعْذُورَيْنِ maʕḏūrayni |
الْمَعْذُورَيْنِ al-maʕḏūrayni |
مَعْذُورَتَيْنِ maʕḏūratayni |
الْمَعْذُورَتَيْنِ al-maʕḏūratayni |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | مَعْذُورِين maʕḏūrīn |
الْمَعْذُورِين al-maʕḏūrīn |
مَعْذُورَات maʕḏūrāt |
الْمَعْذُورَات al-maʕḏūrāt |
Nominative | مَعْذُورُونَ maʕḏūrūna |
الْمَعْذُورُونَ al-maʕḏūrūna |
مَعْذُورَاتٌ maʕḏūrātun |
الْمَعْذُورَاتُ al-maʕḏūrātu |
Accusative | مَعْذُورِينَ maʕḏūrīna |
الْمَعْذُورِينَ al-maʕḏūrīna |
مَعْذُورَاتٍ maʕḏūrātin |
الْمَعْذُورَاتِ al-maʕḏūrāti |
Genitive | مَعْذُورِينَ maʕḏūrīna |
الْمَعْذُورِينَ al-maʕḏūrīna |
مَعْذُورَاتٍ maʕḏūrātin |
الْمَعْذُورَاتِ al-maʕḏūrāti |
Descendants
editPersian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic مَعْذُور (maʕḏūr).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [maʔ.ˈðuːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæʔ.ˈzuːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mäʔ.ˈzuɾ]
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Classical reading? | ma'ḏūr |
Dari reading? | ma'zūr |
Iranian reading? | ma'zur |
Tajik reading? | maʾzur |
Adjective
editمَعْذور • (ma'zur)
- excusable; exempt
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 5”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez][1]:
- حافظ به خود نپوشید این خرقهٔ میآلود
ای شیخ پاکدامن معذور دار ما را- hafiz ba xwad na-pôšîd în xirqa-yi may-âlûd
ay šayx-i pâk-dâman ma'zûr dâr mâ râ - Hafez, do not put on these wine-sullied rags!
O purely clad shaykh, hold me excusable.
- hafiz ba xwad na-pôšîd în xirqa-yi may-âlûd
Urdu
editEtymology
editFirst attested in c. 1582 as Middle Hindi معذور (maʻẕūr), from Classical Persian معذور (maʻẕūr), itself from Arabic مَعْذُور (maʕḏūr).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məʕ.zuːɾ/, [mɑː.zuːɾ]
- Rhymes: -uːɾ
- Hyphenation: مَع‧ذُور
Adjective
editمَعْذُور • (ma'zūr) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling माज़ूर)
- disabled, handicapped
- (formal or dated) excused, excusable, exempt
- (figuratively) helpless
- (rare) stuck, closed, resilient
- deprived
Further reading
edit- “معذور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “معذور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “معذور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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