پوزش

See also: بورس

Persian

Dari	پوزش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пӯзиш

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (bōzišn, “salvation; apology”), ultimately from *bʰewg- (“to flee, to escape”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [poː.ziʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰoː.zɪʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰoː.zɪʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰoː.zɪʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰu.ziʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰuː.zeʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɵ.ziʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	pōziš
Dari reading?	pōziš
Iranian reading?	puzeš
Tajik reading?	püziš

Noun

پوزش • (puzeš)

1. apology
2. forgiveness; pardoning

   Synonyms: عذر ('ozr); معذرت (ma'zerat)

Derived terms

• پوزش خواستن (puzeš xâstan, “to apologize”, literally “to seek forgiveness”)

 

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 19