باژ
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian bʾc (bāǰ), from Proto-Iranian *bāǰi- (“tribute, tax”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáǰati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to distribute, allot”); see there for further information.
Related to Persian باغ (bâğ, “garden”), بخت (baxt, “fortune, luck”), and the verb بخشیدن (baxšidan, “to endow, forgive”); Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ἔφαγον (éphagon, “I ate”) and Sanskrit भक्ति (bhaktí, “distribution, partition, separation”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [bɑːʒ]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bɑːʒ]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [bɑːʒ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [bɔːʒ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bɒːʒ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bɔʒ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | bāž |
| Dari reading? | bāž |
| Iranian reading? | bâž |
| Tajik reading? | bož |
Noun
باژ • (bâž)
- tribute, toll, duty, revenue, tax, impost
- any grievous imposition which distresses the poor or the conquered
- silence observed by the Pârsis while eating or performing their ablutions
- a fathom
- the shoulder
- the distance between each hand when the arms are horizontally extended in opposite directions
- the arm, or the upper part of it
- a finger joint
- name of a town in the dependencies of Tus, and birthplace of Ferdousi
Descendants
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “باژ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
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