معذور

Arabic
Root
ع ذ ر (ʕ-ḏ-r)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb عَذَرَ (ʕaḏara, “to excuse”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maʕ.ðuːr/

Adjective

مَعْذُور • (maʕḏūr) (feminine مَعْذُورَة (maʕḏūra), masculine plural مَعْذُورُونَ (maʕḏūrūna), feminine plural مَعْذُورَات (maʕḏūrāt))

  1. passive participle of عَذَرَ (ʕaḏara)
    1. who has a valid excuse: excusable, exempt

Declension
Declension of adjective مَعْذُور (maʕḏūr)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal مَعْذُور
maʕḏūr		 الْمَعْذُور
al-maʕḏūr		 مَعْذُورَة
maʕḏūra		 الْمَعْذُورَة
al-maʕḏūra
Nominative مَعْذُورٌ
maʕḏūrun		 الْمَعْذُورُ
al-maʕḏūru		 مَعْذُورَةٌ
maʕḏūratun		 الْمَعْذُورَةُ
al-maʕḏūratu
Accusative مَعْذُورًا
maʕḏūran		 الْمَعْذُورَ
al-maʕḏūra		 مَعْذُورَةً
maʕḏūratan		 الْمَعْذُورَةَ
al-maʕḏūrata
Genitive مَعْذُورٍ
maʕḏūrin		 الْمَعْذُورِ
al-maʕḏūri		 مَعْذُورَةٍ
maʕḏūratin		 الْمَعْذُورَةِ
al-maʕḏūrati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal مَعْذُورَيْن
maʕḏūrayn		 الْمَعْذُورَيْن
al-maʕḏūrayn		 مَعْذُورَتَيْن
maʕḏūratayn		 الْمَعْذُورَتَيْن
al-maʕḏūratayn
Nominative مَعْذُورَانِ
maʕḏūrāni		 الْمَعْذُورَانِ
al-maʕḏūrāni		 مَعْذُورَتَانِ
maʕḏūratāni		 الْمَعْذُورَتَانِ
al-maʕḏūratāni
Accusative مَعْذُورَيْنِ
maʕḏūrayni		 الْمَعْذُورَيْنِ
al-maʕḏūrayni		 مَعْذُورَتَيْنِ
maʕḏūratayni		 الْمَعْذُورَتَيْنِ
al-maʕḏūratayni
Genitive مَعْذُورَيْنِ
maʕḏūrayni		 الْمَعْذُورَيْنِ
al-maʕḏūrayni		 مَعْذُورَتَيْنِ
maʕḏūratayni		 الْمَعْذُورَتَيْنِ
al-maʕḏūratayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal مَعْذُورِين
maʕḏūrīn		 الْمَعْذُورِين
al-maʕḏūrīn		 مَعْذُورَات
maʕḏūrāt		 الْمَعْذُورَات
al-maʕḏūrāt
Nominative مَعْذُورُونَ
maʕḏūrūna		 الْمَعْذُورُونَ
al-maʕḏūrūna		 مَعْذُورَاتٌ
maʕḏūrātun		 الْمَعْذُورَاتُ
al-maʕḏūrātu
Accusative مَعْذُورِينَ
maʕḏūrīna		 الْمَعْذُورِينَ
al-maʕḏūrīna		 مَعْذُورَاتٍ
maʕḏūrātin		 الْمَعْذُورَاتِ
al-maʕḏūrāti
Genitive مَعْذُورِينَ
maʕḏūrīna		 الْمَعْذُورِينَ
al-maʕḏūrīna		 مَعْذُورَاتٍ
maʕḏūrātin		 الْمَعْذُورَاتِ
al-maʕḏūrāti

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: məzur
  • → Persian: معذور
  • → Ottoman Turkish: معذور (maʾẕûr)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْذُور (maʕḏūr).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäʔ.ˈzuːɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mɑː.ˈzuːɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mɔː.ˈzuɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? ma'ḏūr
Dari reading? ma'zūr
Iranian reading? ma'zur
Tajik reading? maʾzur

Adjective

مَعْذور • (ma'zur)

  1. excusable; exempt
    • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 5”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎:
      حافظ به خود نپوشید این خرقهٔ می‌آلود
      ای شیخ پاک‌دامن معذور دار ما را
      hafiz ba xwad na-pôšîd în xirqa-yi may-âlûd
      ay šayx-i pâk-dâman ma'zûr dâr mâ râ
      Hafez, do not put on these wine-sullied rags!
      O purely clad shaykh, hold me excusable.
      (romanization in Classical Persian)

Urdu

Etymology

First attested in c. 1582 as Middle Hindi معذور (maʻẕūr), from Classical Persian معذور (maʻẕūr), itself from Arabic مَعْذُور (maʕḏūr).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məʕ.zuːɾ/, [mɑː.zuːɾ]
  • Rhymes: -uːɾ
  • Hyphenation: مَع‧ذُور

Adjective

مَعْذُور • (ma'zūr) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling माज़ूर)

  1. disabled, handicapped
  2. (formal or dated) excused, excusable, exempt
  3. (figuratively) helpless
  4. (rare) stuck, closed, resilient
  5. deprived

Further reading
  • “معذور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “معذور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “معذور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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