بدروزگار

Persian

Etymology

بد (bad, “bad; evil”) +‎ روزگار (ruzgâr, “fate, age”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bað.ɾoːz.(i).ɡɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäd̪.ɾoːz.(ɪ).ɡɑːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäd̪.ɾoːz.(ɪ).ɡɑːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäd̪.ɾoːz.(ɪ).ɡɑːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäd̪.ɾʊːz.(i).ɡɔːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæd̪.ɹuːz.(e).ɡɒːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäd̪.ɾɵz.(i).ɡɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	baḏrōz(i)gār
Dari reading?	badrōz(i)gār
Iranian reading?	badruz(e)gâr
Tajik reading?	badrüz(i)gor

Adjective

بدروزگار • (badruzgâr or badruzegâr)

1. (literary) wicked; evil
   • 1258, Shaykh Muṣliḥ-ud-Dīn Saʿdī of Shiraz, translated by Wheeler M. Thackston, The Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa’di: Bilingual English and Persian Edition with Vocabulary, Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, published 2008, →ISBN, page 32:

     نماند ستمکارِ بدروزگار
     بماند برو لعنتِ پایدار

     na-mānad sitamkār-i badrūzgār
     bimānad bar ō la'nat-i pāydār

     No evil oppressor lives forever,
     But curses upon him last eternally.

     (Classical Persian romanization)