بدروزگار

Persian

Etymology

From (bad, “bad; evil”) +‎ (ruzgâr, “fate, age”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /bad.ɾoːz.(i)ˈɡaːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäd̪.ɾoːz.(ɪ).ɡɑːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäd̪.ɾoːz.(ɪ).ɡɑːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäd̪.ɾʊːz.(i).ɡɔːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæd̪.ɹuːz.(e).ɡɒːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäd̪.ɾɵz.(i).ɡɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	badrōz(i)gār
Dari reading^?	badrōz(i)gār
Iranian reading^?	badruz(e)gâr
Tajik reading^?	badrüz(i)gor

Adjective

بدروزگار • (badruzgâr or badruzegâr)

(literary) wicked; evil
- 1258, Shaykh Muṣliḥ-ud-Dīn Saʿdī of Shiraz, translated by Wheeler M. Thackston, The Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa’di: Bilingual English and Persian Edition with Vocabulary, Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, published 2008, →ISBN, page 32:
  نماند ستمکارِ بدروزگار
  بماند برو لعنتِ پایدار
  na-mānad sitamkār-i badrūzgār
  bimānad bar ō la'nat-i pāydār
  No evil oppressor lives forever,
  But curses upon him last eternally.
  (Classical Persian romanization)