سزاوار

Persian

Etymology

From (sazâ) +‎ (-vâr).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sa.zaː.ˈwaːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.zɑː.wɑ́ːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.zɑː.wɑ́ːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.zɔː.wɔ́ːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.zɒː.vɒ́ːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.zɔ.vɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sazāwār
Dari reading^?	sazāwār
Iranian reading^?	sezâvâr
Tajik reading^?	sazovor

Adjective

سزاوار • (sezâvâr)

worthy, deserving
- c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The Reign of Farāyīn”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[1]:
  سزاوار شاهی سپاهست و گنج
  چو با گنج باشی نمانی به رنج
  فریدون که بد آبتینش پدر
  مر او را که بد پیش او تاجور
  sazāwār-i šāhī sipāh ast u ganj
  čū bā ganj bāšī na-mānī ba ranj
  farēdūn ki bud ābtīn-aš pidar
  mar ō rā ki bud pēš-i ō tājwar
  [What makes one] worthy of kingship is the army and treasury;
  When you have the treasury, do not remain in anxiety.
  Farēdūn, whose father was Ābtīn;
  Who among his forefathers had been crowned?
  (Classical Persian romanization)