هرزه

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (hlck' /⁠harzag⁠/, “loose, free”), from Proto-Iranian *hr̥j- (“to let go, to release”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sárȷ́- (“to let go, to release”), from Proto-Indo-European *selǵ- (“to let go”). Compare Sanskrit सर्ग (sarga, “discharging, voiding”), English sulky.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [haɾ.ˈza]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häɾ.zǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häɾ.zǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.zǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.zǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæɹ.zé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häɾ.zǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	harza
Dari reading?	harza
Iranian reading?	harze
Tajik reading?	harza

Adjective

هرزه • (harze) (comparative هرزه‌تَر (harze-tar), superlative هرزه‌تَرین (harze-tarin))

1. lewd, obscene
2. vain, futile
3. (archaic) unrestrained
4. (archaic) stray

Derived terms

• هرزه‌نگاری (harze-negâri)
• هرزگی (harzegi)

Further reading

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