جسارت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَسَارَة (jasāra).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.saː.ˈrat/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.sɑː.ɾát̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.sɑː.ɾát̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.sɔː.ɾát̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.sɒː.ɹǽt̪ʰ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.sɔ.ɾát̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	jasārat
Dari reading^?	jasārat
Iranian reading^?	jasârat
Tajik reading^?	jasorat

Noun

جسارت • (jasārat / jasârat) (Tajik spelling ҷасорат)

boldness; daring
- c. 1380, Jahān Malik Khātūn, “Introduction”, in دیوان جهان [Divān-i Jahān]‎^[1]:
  این ضعیفه نیز اقتدا به ایشان نموده ملتزم این جسارت گشت.
  īn za'īfa nēz iqtidā ba ēšān nimūda multāzim-i īn jasārat gašt.
  Their precedent having been shown, this humble woman too endeavored in this bold undertaking.
  (Classical Persian romanization)
presumptuousness; brashness

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “جسارت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “جسارت”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.