عشرت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِشْرَة (ʕišra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔiʃ.ˈɾat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪʃ.ɾǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪʃ.ɾǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪʃ.ɾǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔiʃ.ɾǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeʃ.ɹǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiʃ.ɾǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	išrat
Dari reading?	išrat
Iranian reading?	ešrat
Tajik reading?	išrat

Noun

عشرت • (ešrat)

1. pleasure, enjoyment
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 267”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-12-09:

     عشرت شبگیر کن، می نوش کاندر راه عشق
     شبروان را آشنایی‌هاست با میر عسس

     išrat-i šabgīr kun, may nōš k-andar rāh-i išq
     šabrawān rā āšnāyī-hāst bā mīr-i asas

     Be happy all night long and drink wine! For on the road of love,
     The night watch commander is acquainted with those who walk during night.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 243:

     دیگر چگونه ساغر عشرت طلب کنم
     بشکست چون بدور تو جام سبوی من

     dīgar čigōna sāğar-i išrat talab kunam
     biškast čūn ba-dūr-i tō jām-i sabū-yi man

     How should I seek the wine cup of pleasure again,
     When my goblet shatters when I am far from you?

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عشرت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim