پاکباز

Persian

Etymology

پاک (pâk, “pure”) +‎ باز (bâz, present stem of باختن (bâxtan, “to play; to gamble”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pɑːk.ˈbɑːz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːk.bɑ́ːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːk.bɑ́ːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːk.bɑ́ːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰɔːk.bɔ́ːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒːkʲ.bɒ́ːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɔk.bɔ́z]

Readings
Classical reading?	pākbāz
Dari reading?	pākbāz
Iranian reading?	pâkbâz
Tajik reading?	pokboz

Noun

Dari	پاکباز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	покбоз

پاکباز • (pâkbâz)

1. fair dealer, fair player; someone who plays without cheats; (extension) honorable lover
   • c. 1580, Vahshī Bāfqī, “گلهٔ یار دل‌آزار”, in گزیده اشعار [Selected Poems]‎^[1]:

     پاکبازم همه کس طور مرا می‌داند
     عاشقی همچو منت نیست خدا می‌داند

     pākbāzam hama kas tawr-i ma-rā mē-dānad
     āšiqē hamčū man-at nēst xudā mē-dānad

     I play fair, everyone knows the way I am;
     God knows you won't have a lover like me.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• پاکبازى (pâkbâzi)