ضایع

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَائِع (ḍāʔiʕ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zɑː.jiʔ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑː.je̞ʔ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɑː.jeː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zɔː.jeː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zɒː.jeʔ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zɔ.jeʔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	zāyi'
Dari reading^?	zāye'
Iranian reading^?	zâye'
Tajik reading^?	zoyeʾ

Adjective

ضایع • (zâye')

spoiled; damaged
wasted; futile; in vain
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Rubāʿī 30”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
  عمری ز پی مراد ضایع دارم
  وز دور فلک چیست که نافع دارم
  umrē zi pay-i murād zāyi' dāram
  w-az dawr-i falak čī-st ki nāfi' dāram
  I have a lifetime wasted in pursuit of desire;
  And from heaven's revolution, what's the gain that I have?
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

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