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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Persian باج (bâj), باژ (bâž).
Noun
باج • (bac)
- tribute, tax, especially a transit duty, a toll
- Synonym: كمرك (gümrük)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “باج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 232
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “باج”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 625–626
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 315
Ushojo
Verb
باج (bāj)
- to enter
Uyghur
Etymology
From Persian باژ (bâž) or باج (bâj).
Pronunciation
Noun
باج • (baj) (plural باجلار (bajlar))
- tax
Further reading
- Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN