مطرب

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُطْرِب.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mut.ˈɾiβ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊt̪.ɾɪ́b]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊt̪.ɾɪ́b]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mut̪.ɾíb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mot̪.ɹéb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mut̪.ɾíb]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mutriḇ
Dari reading^?	mutrib
Iranian reading^?	motreb
Tajik reading^?	mutrib

Noun

مطرب • (motreb)

minstrel
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 11”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
  ساقی به نور باده برافروز جام ما
  مطرب بگو که کار جهان شد به کام ما
  sāqī ba nūr-i bāda barafrōz jām-i mā
  mutrib bigū ki kār-i jahān šud ba kām-i mā
  Cupbearer, kindle our goblet with the light of wine;
  Minstrel, say that the world's affairs have gone according to our wish.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

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