مروت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُرُوءَة (murūʔa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.ɾuw.wat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ɾʊw.wät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ɾʊw.wät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ɾʊw.wät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.ɾuw.wät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ɹov.væt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ɾuw.vät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	muruwwat
Dari reading?	muruwwat
Iranian reading?	morovvat
Tajik reading?	muruvvat

Noun

مُرُوَّت • (morovvat)

1. manliness; gallantry; generosity; magnanimity; humanity; mercy

   Synonyms: جوانمردی (javânmardi), (archaic) هنر (honar)

   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 5”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎^[1]:

     آسایش دو گیتی تفسیر این دو حرف است
     با دوستان مروت با دشمنان مدارا

     âsâyiš-i du gêtî tafsîr-i în du harf ast
     bâ dôstân muruwwat bâ dušmânân mudârâ

     Ease in the two worlds is [in] interpreting these two words:
     Manliness with friends, courtesy with foes.

     (romanization in Classical Persian)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: مروت (mürüvvet)
  • Turkish: mürüvvet