دژم

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [di.ˈʒam]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪ.ʒǽm], [d̪ä.ʒǽm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪ.ʒǽm], [d̪ä.ʒǽm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪ.ʒǽm], [d̪ä.ʒǽm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪i.ʒǽm], [d̪ä.ʒǽm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪e.ʒǽm], [d̪o.ʒǽm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪i.ʒǽm]

Readings
Classical reading?	dižam
Dari reading?	dižam, dažam
Iranian reading?	dežam, dožam
Tajik reading?	dižam

Adjective

Dari	دژم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дижам

دژم • (dežam, dožam)

1. sad, melancholy, gloomy, dejected
2. fierce, enraged, furious, angry
   • Ferdowsi, Shahnameh

     بدو گفت مهتر به روی دژم -- که برگوی تا از که دیدی ستم

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دﮋم”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دژم (dižam).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ɪ.ʒəm/
• Rhymes: -əm

Adjective

دِژَم • (dižam) (Hindi spelling दिझ़म)

1. angry, enraged, furious
2. unlucky, sin, black

References

• “دژم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دژم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.