مسخر

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُسَخَّر (musaḵḵar).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.sax.ˈxaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.säx.xǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.säx.xǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.säx.xǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.säx.xǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.sæx.xǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.säχ.χǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	musaxxar
Dari reading?	musaxxar
Iranian reading?	mosaxxar
Tajik reading?	musaxxar

Adjective

مسخر • (mosaxxar)

1. (literary) conquered, subjugated

   Synonyms: فتح شده (fath šode), تسخیر شده (tasxir šode)

   • 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 107:

     چو خاک راه سگان در تو شد سر ما
     زمین قلعه افلاک شد مسخر ما

     čū xāk-i rāh-i sagān-i dar-i tō šud sar-i mā
     zamīn-i qal'a-yi aflāk šud musaxxar-i mā

     When my head became dust on the road of the dogs before your door,
     The land of the castle of the heavens was conquered for me.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

   • c. 1670, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 2697”, in دیوان‎^[1]:

     سعی در تسخیر دل‌ها کن که چون این دست داد
     ملک آب و گل به آسانی مسخر می‌شود

     sa'y dar tasxīr-i dil-hā kun ki čūn īn dast dād
     mulk-i āb u gil ba āsānī musaxxar mē-šawad

     Strive in the conquest of hearts, for when this comes to pass,
     The kingdom of water and earth [the physical human body] shall be conquered with ease.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Further reading

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