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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic هَجْو (hajw).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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hajw
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| Dari reading?
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hajw
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| Iranian reading?
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hajv
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| Tajik reading?
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hajv
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Noun
هجو • (hajv)
- satire, lampoon
- Synonyms: طنز (tanz), طعنه (ta'ne)
- genre of classical poetry dedicated to mockery of someone, often vulgar
c. 1120, Sanā'ī Ghaznawī, دیوان سنایی:نه یکی را به خشم کردم هجو
نه یکی را به طمع بستودم
به هوا و به شهوت نفسی
جان پاكيزه را نیالودم- na yakē rā ba xišm kardam hajw
na yakē rā ba tama' bisutūdam
ba hawā u ba šahwat-i nafsī
jān-i pākīza rā nay-ālūdam - Not a single person did I lampoon in anger,
Not a single person did I praise out of greed.
I did not sully my pristine soul
With the lust and libido of the self.
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