زنهارخوار

Persian

Etymology

زنهار (zenhâr, “covenant”) +‎ خوار (xâr, “eater”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zin.hɑːɾ.ˈxʷɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪn.hɑːɾ.xɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪn.hɑːɾ.xɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɪ.nɑːɾ.xɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zi.nɔːɾ.ˈxɔːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zen.hɒːɹ.xɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zin.hɔɾ.χɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	zinhārxwār
Dari reading?	zinhārxār
Iranian reading?	zenhârxâr
Tajik reading?	zinhorxor

Noun

زنهارخوار • (zenhârxâr) (plural زنهارخواران (zenhârxârân))

1. (literary) oath-breaker

   Synonym: پیمان شکن (peymân šekan)

   • c. 1060, Fakhr al-Dīn Asʿad Gurgānī, ويس و رامين [Vīs u Rāmīn]‎^[1]:

     فرو افگنده سر چون شرمساران
     همی پیچید چون زنهارخواران

     furō afganda sar čūn šarmsārān
     hamē pēčīd čūn zinhārxwārān

     She cast her head down like the shameful people do,
     She kept writhing as oath-breakers do.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

• زنهارخواری (zenhârxâri)