معذور

Arabic

Root
ع ذ ر (ʕ ḏ r)
14 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb عَذَرَ (ʕaḏara, “to excuse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʕ.ðuːr/

Adjective

مَعْذُور • (maʕḏūr) (feminine مَعْذُورَة (maʕḏūra), masculine plural مَعْذُورُون (maʕḏūrūn), feminine plural مَعْذُورَات (maʕḏūrāt))

1. passive participle of عَذَرَ (ʕaḏara)
   1. who has a valid excuse: excusable, exempt

Declension

Declension of adjective مَعْذُور (maʕḏūr)

singular	masculine		feminine
	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

• → Azerbaijani: məzur
• → Persian: مَعْذُور
  • → Urdu: مَعْذُور (ma'zūr)
• → Ottoman Turkish: معذور (maʾẕûr)
  • Turkish: mazur

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْذُور (maʕḏūr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maʔ.ˈðuːr/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.ˈzuːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.ˈzuːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.ˈzuːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.ˈzuɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʔ.ˈzuːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.ˈzuɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ma'ḏūr
Dari reading?	ma'zūr
Iranian reading?	ma'zur
Tajik reading?	ma'zur

Adjective

مَعْذور • (ma'zur)

1. 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.

     (romanization in Classical Persian)

Urdu

Etymology

First attested in c. 1582 as Middle Hindi معذور (maʻẕūr), from Classical Persian معذور (maʻẕūr), itself from Arabic مَعْذُور (maʕḏūr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məʕ.zuːɾ/, [mɑː.zuːɾ]
• Rhymes: -uːɾ
• Hyphenation: مَع‧ذُور

Adjective

مَعْذُور • (ma'zūr) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling माज़ूर)

1. disabled, handicapped
2. (formal or dated) excused, excusable, exempt
3. (figuratively) helpless
4. (rare) stuck, closed, resilient
5. deprived

Further reading

• “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, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “معذور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.