کارساز

Persian

Etymology

کار (kâr, “work, affair”) +‎ ساز (sâz, present stem of ساختن (sâxtan, “to make, to set up”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kɑːɾ.ˈsɑːz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːɾ.sɑ́ːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːɾ.sɑ́ːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːɾ.sɑ́ːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔːɾ.sɔ́ːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒːɹ.sɒ́ːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔɾ.sɔ́z]

Readings
Classical reading?	kārsāz
Dari reading?	kārsāz
Iranian reading?	kârsâz
Tajik reading?	korsoz

Adjective

کارساز • (kârsâz)

1. helpful, productive, with results

   امیدوارم این اعتراضات کارساز باشد.

   omidvâr-am in e'terâzât kârsâz bâšad.

   I hope these protests will be effective.

2. (obsolete) dexterous, skillful

Derived terms

• کارسازی (kârsâzi)

Proper noun

کارساز • (kârsâz)

1. An epithet of God.
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 130:

     جز فغان و ناله و زاری ندارم هیچ کار
     کارسازا کارسازی کن که کار از حد گذشت

     juz fağān u nāla u zārī nadāram hēč kār
     kārsāzā kārsāzī kun ki kār az had guzašt

     I have no work except for moaning and lamenting and weeping;
     O Helpful One, help me! For things have gone beyond their limits.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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