ناتوان

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Persian

Etymology

From (nâ-, “without”) +‎ (tavân, “power”).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading^?	nātuwān
Dari reading^?	nātawān
Iranian reading^?	nâtavân
Tajik reading^?	notavon

Adjective

ناتَوان • (nâtavân) (comparative ناتَوان‌تَر (nâtavân-tar), superlative ناتَوان‌تَرین (nâtavân-tarin))

feeble, powerless
Synonym: ضعیف (za'if)
- 1200s, Amīr Khusraw, “Ghazal 1512”, in دیوان امیرخسرو‎:
  هوس دارم از آن نرگس نگاهی، سوی من بنگر
  چو چشم ناتوان خود مرا هم ناتوان گردان
  hawas dāram az ān nargis-i nigāhī, sōy-i man bingar
  čū čašm-i nātuwān-i xwad ma-rā ham nātuwān gardān
  I long for the narcissus of your gaze! Look at me,
  And make me helpless too, like your helpless eyes.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

ناتوانی (nâtavâni)

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