زنهارخوار

Persian

Etymology

From (zenhâr, “covenant”) +‎ (xâr, “eater”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /zin.haːɾ.ˈxʷaːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪn.hɑːɾ.xɑ́ːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɪ.nɑːɾ.xɑ́ːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zi.nɔːɾ.ˈxɔːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zen.hɒːɹ.ˈxâɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zin.hɔɾ.χɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	zinhārxwār
Dari reading^?	zinhārxār
Iranian reading^?	zenhârxâr
Tajik reading^?	zinhorxor

Noun

زنهارخوار • (zinhārxwār / zenhârxâr) (plural زنهارخواران (zinhārxwārān / zenhârxârân), Tajik spelling зинҳорхор)

(literary) oath-breaker
Synonym: پیمان شکن (peymân šekan)
- c. 1060, Fakhr al-Dīn Asʿad Gurgānī, ويس و رامين [Vīs u Rāmīn]‎^[1]:
  فرو افگنده سر چون شرمساران
  همی پیچید چون زنهارخواران
  furō afganda sar čūn šarmsārān
  hamē pēčīd čūn zinhārxwārān
  She cast her head down like the shameful people do,
  She kept writhing as oath-breakers do.
  (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

زنهارخواری (zenhârxâri)