معذرت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْذِرَة (maʕḏira).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maʔ.zi.ˈɾat]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.zɪ.ɾǽt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.zɪ.ɾǽt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.zi.ɾǽt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʔ.ze.ɹǽt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.zi.ɾǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ma'zirat
Dari reading^?	ma'zirat
Iranian reading^?	ma'zerat
Tajik reading^?	maʾzirat

Noun

معذرت • (ma'zerat)

excuse; apology
(archaic) forgiveness, pardon
- c. 1670, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 734”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎:
  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.
  (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

معذرت خواستن (ma'zerat xâstan, “to apologize”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (ma'zirat), from Arabic مَعْذِرَة (maʕḏira).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɑː(ʔ).zə.ɾət̪/

Noun

مَعْذَرَت • (mā'zarat) f (Hindi spelling माज़रत)

apologies, sorry, excuse, pardon

References

“معذرت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“معذرت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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