خواجگی
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Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From خواجه (xâje) + ـگی (-gi). The Tajik usage of хоҷагӣ (xojagi) to mean "a sector or type of economy" is a phono-semantic matching of Russian хозяйство (xozjajstvo).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [xʷɑː.d͡ʒa.ˈɡiː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xɒːd͡ʒe.ɡʲíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χɔ.d͡ʒä.ɡí]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | xwāja-gī |
Dari reading? | xāja-gī |
Iranian reading? | xâje-gi |
Tajik reading? | xoja-gi |
Noun
[edit]Dari | خواجگی |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | хоҷагӣ |
خواجگی • (xâjegi)
Descendants
[edit]- → Azerbaijani: xacəgi
- → Ottoman Turkish: خواجكی (hâcegî)
- Turkish: hâcegî
- → Uzbek: xojagi
- → Urdu: خْوَاجَگِی (xvājagī)
References
[edit]- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خواجگی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul