Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
حراج. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
حراج, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
حراج in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
حراج you have here. The definition of the word
حراج will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
حراج, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian حراج
Noun
حَراج • (ḥarāj) m
- (uncommon) sale, discount or auction
- Synonym: مزايدة
Persian
Etymology
Of Egyptian origin.[1][2] Probably borrowed from Coptic , itself a compound of ϩⲁ- (ha-, “for (a price)”), related to ἐπί (epí),[3] with a suffix of unknown origin. Unrelated to Arabic ح ر ج (ḥ-r-j) (“narrow, constricted, difficult”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
| Readings
|
| Classical reading?
|
ha-rāj
|
| Dari reading?
|
ha-rāj
|
| Iranian reading?
|
he-râj
|
| Tajik reading?
|
ha-roj
|
Noun
حراج • (harāj)
- sale, discount or auction
- Synonym: تخفیف
فردا یک حراج در بازار برگزار می‌شود.- Fardā yek harāj dar bāzār bargozār mishavad.
- Tomorrow a sale will be held at the market.
- (dated) bazaar
- (archaic) exclamation made when an item is sold at auction
- (obsolete) troop of camels
Verb
حراج • (harāj)
- (transitive) to sell at a discount
تصمیم گرفتند تمام محصولات را حراج کنند.- Tasmim gereftand tamām-e mahsulāt rā harāj konand.
- They decided to discount all the products.
- (transitive) to auction
Synonyms
References
- ^ Sayyed Mohammad Ali (1926) “حراج”, in فرهنگ نظام [Farhang-e Nezam, The Nezam Dictionary] (in Persian), Hyderabad, page 501: “این لفظ عربی نیست در عربی حراج بمعنی گناه وگناه است که با این معنی مناسبت ندارد و این لفظ را مصر یها ساخته و ایرانها تقلید کرده اند۔ ― This word is not Arabic; In Arabic, "haraj" means "sin" or "wrongdoing," which does not align with this meaning. This term was coined by Egyptians and adopted by Iranians.”
- ^ Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “حراج”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- ^ Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 633
- Bibliography