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Persian
Pronunciation
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bēgār
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| Dari reading?
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bēgār
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| Iranian reading?
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bigâr
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| Tajik reading?
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begor
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| Dari
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بیگار
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| Iranian Persian
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бегор
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Noun
بیگار • (bigâr)
- corvee, forced unpaid labour
c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 149:گفت عیسی یا رب این اسرار چیست
میل این ابله در این بیگار چیست- guft 'Isa yā Rab īn asrār čīst
mayl īn abla dar īn bēgār čīst - Jesus cried, “O Lord, what are these hidden purposes (of Thine)?
What is (the meaning of) this fool's inclination (to engage) in this fruitless work?
References
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بیگار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim