ضایع

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَائِع (ḍāʔiʕ).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑː.je̞ʔ]

• (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')

1. spoiled; damaged
2. wasted; futile; in vain
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Rubāʿī 30”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     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)