ناسزا

Persian

Etymology

Compound of (na-, “un-”) +‎ (sazâ, “desert, merit”)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /naː.sa.ˈzaː/

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

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒː.sæ.zɒː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɔ.sä.zɔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nāsazā
Dari reading^?	nāsazā
Iranian reading^?	nâsazâ
Tajik reading^?	nosazo


Iranian Persian	ناسزا
Dari	ناسزا
Tajik	носазо

Noun

ناسزا • (nâsazâ)

insult
Synonym: دشنام (došnâm)

Adjective

ناسزا • (nâsazâ) (comparative ناسزاتَر, superlative ناسزاتَرین)

indecent, unworthy
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1083:
  قوت اصلی بشر نور خداست
  قوت حیوانی مر او را ناسزاست
  qūt-i aslī-yi bašar nūr-i xudā-st
  qūt-i haywānī mar ō rā nāsazā-st
  Man's original food is the Light of God:
  animal food is improper for him

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ناسزا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim