نظرباز

Persian

Etymology

From (nazar, “view, gaze”) +‎ (bâz, “play”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /na.zaɾ.ˈbaːz/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.zäɾ.bɑ́ːz]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nä.zäɾ.bɑ́ːz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nä.zäɾ.bɔ́ːz]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.zæɹ.bɒ́ːz]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.zäɾ.bɔ́z]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nazarbāz
Dari reading^?	nazarbāz
Iranian reading^?	nazarbâz
Tajik reading^?	nazarboz

Noun

نظرباز • (nazarbâz)

ogler; someone who ogles at women or attractive people
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 311”, in The Divān of Hafez:
  عاشق و رند و نظربازم و می‌گویم فاش
  تا بدانی که به چندین هنر آراسته‌ام
  āšiq u rind u nazarbāz-am u mē-gōyam fāš
  tā bidānī ki ba čandīn hunar ārāsta-am
  I am lover and rogue and ogler, and I say so out loud
  So that you might know with how many skills I am graced.
  (Classical Persian romanization)