باژ

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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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Readings
Classical reading? bāž
Dari reading? bāž
Iranian reading? bâž
Tajik reading? bož

Noun

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باژ (bâž)

  1. tribute, toll, duty, revenue, tax, impost
  2. any grievous imposition which distresses the poor or the conquered
  3. silence observed by the Pârsis while eating or performing their ablutions
  4. a fathom
  5. the shoulder
  6. the distance between each hand when the arms are horizontally extended in opposite directions
  7. the arm, or the upper part of it
  8. a finger joint
  9. name of a town in the dependencies of Tus, and birthplace of Ferdousi

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Central Kurdish: باج (bāj)
  • Ottoman Turkish: باج (bac)

References

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