هجو

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَجْو (hajw).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? hajw
Dari reading? hajw
Iranian reading? hajv
Tajik reading? hajv

Noun

هجو (hajv)

  1. satire, lampoon
    Synonyms: طنز (tanz), طعنه (ta'ne)
    1. 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.
        (Classical Persian transliteration)

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