مزدور
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Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian (myzdwbl /mizdwar/, “hireling, hired laborer”), from (mzd /mizd/, “reward, hire”), whence modern مزد (mozd).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | muzdūr |
| Dari reading? | muzdūr |
| Iranian reading? | mozdur |
| Tajik reading? | muzdur |
Noun
مزدور • (mozdur)
- mercenary
- hired laborer, hireling
- c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The reign of Yazdgird”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]:
- نشسته نظاره من از دورشان
تو گفتی بدم پیش مزدورشان- nišasta nazāra man az dūr-išān
tu guftī budam pēš muzdūr-išān - I sat, looking at them from afar:
You would have said I was a hireling before them.
- nišasta nazāra man az dūr-išān
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: muzdur
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مزدور”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مزدور”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مزدور (muzdūr, “mercenary; labourer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
مُزْدُور • (muzdūr) m (Hindi spelling मज़दूर)
Declension
| Declension of مزدور | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | مُزْدُور (muzdūr) | مُزْدُور (muzdūr) | ||||||
| oblique | مُزْدُور (muzdūr) | مُزْدُوروں (muzdūrõ) | ||||||
| vocative | مُزْدُور (muzdūr) | مُزْدُورو (muzdūro) | ||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “مزدور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “مزدور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مزدور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.