سزاوار

Persian

Etymology

سزا (sazâ) +‎ ـوار (-vâr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sa.zɑː.ˈwɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.zɑː.wɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.zɑː.wɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.zɑː.wɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.zɔː.wɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.zɒː.vɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.zɔ.vɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sazāwār
Dari reading?	sazāwār
Iranian reading?	sezâvâr
Tajik reading?	sazovor

Adjective

سزاوار • (sezâvâr)

1. worthy, deserving
   • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The Reign of Farāyīn”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[1]:

     سزاوار شاهی سپاهست و گنج
     چو با گنج باشی نمانی به رنج
     فریدون که بد آبتینش پدر
     مر او را که بد پیش او تاجور

     sazāwār-i šāhī sipāh ast u ganj
     čū bā ganj bāšī na-mānī ba ranj
     farēdūn ki bud ābtīn-aš pidar
     mar ō rā ki bud pēš-i ō tājwar

     [What makes one] worthy of kingship is the army and treasury;
     When you have the treasury, do not remain in anxiety.
     Farēdūn, whose father was Ābtīn;
     Who among his forefathers had been crowned?

     (Classical Persian romanization)