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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic ضَائِع (ḍāʔiʕ).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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zāyi'
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| Dari reading?
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zāye'
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| Iranian reading?
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zâye'
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| Tajik reading?
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zoyeʾ
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Adjective
ضایع • (zâye')
- spoiled; damaged
- wasted; futile; in vain
c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Rubāʿī 30”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:عمری ز پی مراد ضایع دارم
وز دور فلک چیست که نافع دارم- umrē zi pay-i murād zāyi' dāram
w-az dawr-i falak čī-st ki nāfi' dāram - I have a lifetime wasted in pursuit of desire;
And from heaven's revolution, what's the gain that I have?