باج

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian باج (bâj), باژ (bâž).

Noun

باج • (bac)

1. tribute, tax, especially a transit duty, a toll

   Synonym: كمرك (gümrük)

Derived terms

• باجكاه (bacgah)

Descendants

• Turkish: bac
• → Serbo-Croatian: bádža / ба́џа

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “باج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 232
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “باج”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, columns 625–626
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 315

Ushojo

Verb

باج (bāj)

1. to enter

Uyghur

Etymology

From Persian باژ (bâž) or باج (bâj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑd͡ʒ/

Noun

باج • (baj) (plural باجلار (bajlar))

1. tax

Further reading

• Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN