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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
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| Classical reading?
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bāž
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| Dari reading?
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bāž
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| Iranian reading?
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bâž
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| Tajik reading?
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bož
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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
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Central Kurdish: باج (bāj)
- → Ottoman Turkish: باج (bac)
References