معاف

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَافًى (muʕāfan).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mu'āf
Dari reading? mo'āf
Iranian reading? mo'âf
Tajik reading? muʾof

Adjective

معاف (mo'âf)

  1. exempt
    معاف از گمرکmo'âf az gomrokexempt from customs duty
    معاف از خدمتmo'âf az xedmatexempt from service
    • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎:
      شب به دیه باریاب بودم و از آنجا به راه سمنگان و طالقان به مروالرود شدم. پس به مرو رفتم و از آن شغل که به عهدهٔ من بود معاف خواستم و گفتم که مرا عزم سفر قبله است.
      šab ba dīh-i bāryāb būdam u az ānjā ba rāh-i samangān u tāluqān ba marwu-r-rūd šudam. pas ba marw raftam u az ān šuğl ki ba uhda-yi man būd mu'āf xwāstam u guftam ki ma-rā azm-i safar-i qibla ast.
      We were at the village of Bāryāb for the night, and from there, we went to Marw al-Rūd on the road to Samangān and Tāluqān. So we went to Marw, and I requested to be exempt from the job that was my duty and said that my desire was to journey to the Qibla .

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