مسخر

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُسَخَّر (musaḵḵar).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? musaxxar
Dari reading? musaxxar
Iranian reading? mosaxxar
Tajik reading? musaxxar

Adjective

مسخر • (mosaxxar)

  1. (literary) conquered, subjugated
    Synonyms: فتح شده (fath šode), تسخیر شده (tasxir šode)
    • 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 107:
      چو خاک راه سگان در تو شد سر ما
      زمین قلعه افلاک شد مسخر ما
      čū xāk-i rāh-i sagān-i dar-i tō šud sar-i mā
      zamīn-i qal'a-yi aflāk šud musaxxar-i mā
      When my head became dust on the road of the dogs before your door,
      The land of the castle of the heavens was conquered for me.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
    • c. 1670, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 2697”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎:
      سعی در تسخیر دل‌ها کن که چون این دست داد
      ملک آب و گل به آسانی مسخر می‌شود
      sa'y dar tasxīr-i dil-hā kun ki čūn īn dast dād
      mulk-i āb u gil ba āsānī musaxxar mē-šawad
      Strive in the conquest of hearts, for when this comes to pass,
      The kingdom of water and earth shall be conquered with ease.
      (Classical Persian romanization)

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