مروت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُرُوءَة (murūʔa).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.ɾuw.ˈwat/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ɾʊw.wät̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ɾʊw.wät̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.ɾuw.wät̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ɹov.væt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ɾuw.vät̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	muruwwat
Dari reading^?	muruwwat
Iranian reading^?	morovvat
Tajik reading^?	muruvvat

Noun

مُرُوَّت • (morovvat)

manliness; gallantry; generosity; magnanimity; humanity; mercy
Synonyms: جوانمردی (javânmardi), (archaic) هنر (honar)
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 5”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎^[1]:
  آسایش دو گیتی تفسیر این دو حرف است
  با دوستان مروت با دشمنان مدارا
  âsâyiš-i du gêtî tafsîr-i în du harf ast
  bâ dôstân muruwwat bâ dušmanân mudârâ
  Ease in the two worlds is [in] interpreting these two words:
  Manliness with friends, courtesy with foes.
  (romanization in Classical Persian)

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: مروت (mürüvvet)
- Turkish: mürüvvet