مجازات

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic مُجَازَاة (mujāzāh).

Noun

مجازات • (mujāzát) m

punishment

Derived terms

مجازاتول (mujāzātawəl, “to punish”)
مجازاتېدل (mujāzātedəl, “to be punished”)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُجَازَاة (mujāzāh).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.d͡ʒaː.ˈzaːt/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.d͡ʒɑː.zɑːt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.d͡ʒɑː.zɑːt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.d͡ʒɔː.zɔːt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.d͡ʒɒː.zɒːt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.d͡ʒɔ.zɔt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mujāzāt
Dari reading^?	mujāzāt
Iranian reading^?	mojâzât
Tajik reading^?	mujozot

Noun


Iranian Persian	مجازات
Dari	مجازات
Tajik	муҷозот

مجازات • (mojâzât) (plural مجازات‌ها (mojâzât-hâ))

(especially law) punishment

Derived terms

مُجازات کَردَن (mojâzât kardan, “to punish”)
مُجازاتِ مَرگ (mojâzât-e marg, “capital punishment”)

See also

تنبیه (tanbih, “punishment, often non-legal”)
گوشمالی (gušmâli, “slight punishment, chastisement”)