مطرب

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُطْرِب.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mutriḇ
Dari reading? mutrib
Iranian reading? motreb
Tajik reading? mutrib

Noun

مطرب (motreb)

  1. minstrel
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 11”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
      ساقی به نور باده برافروز جام ما
      مطرب بگو که کار جهان شد به کام ما
      sāqī ba nūr-i bāda barafrōz jām-i mā
      mutrib bigū ki kār-i jahān šud ba kām-i mā
      Cupbearer, kindle our goblet with the light of wine;
      Minstrel, say that the world's affairs have gone according to our wish.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)