ناسزا

Persian

Etymology

Compound of ناـ (na-, “un-”) +‎ سزا (sazâ, “desert, merit”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nɑː.sa.zɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑː.sä.zɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑː.sä.zɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑː.sä.zɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔː.sä.zɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒː.sæ.zɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɔ.sä.zɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	nāsazā
Dari reading?	nāsazā
Iranian reading?	nâsazâ
Tajik reading?	nosazo

Dari	ناسزا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	носазо

Noun

ناسزا • (nâsazâ)

1. insult

   Synonym: دشنام (došnâm)

Adjective

ناسزا • (nâsazâ) (comparative ناسزاتَر (nâsazâ-tar), superlative ناسزاتَرین (nâsazâ-tarin))

1. indecent, unworthy
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1083:

     قوت اصلی بشر نور خداست
     قوت حیوانی مر او را ناسزاست‏

     qūt-i aslī-yi bašar nūr-i xudā-st
     qūt-i haywānī mar ō rā nāsazā-st

     Man's original food is the Light of God:
     animal food is improper for him

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ناسزا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim