هرجایی

Persian

Etymology

From هر (har, “each”) +‎ جا (jâ, “place”) +‎ ـیی (-yi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [haɾ.d͡ʒɑː.ˈjiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häɾ.d͡ʒɑː.jíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häɾ.d͡ʒɑː.jíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.d͡ʒɑː.jíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.d͡ʒɔː.jí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæɹ.d͡ʒɒː.jíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häɾ.d͡ʒɔ.jí]

Readings
Classical reading?	harjāyī
Dari reading?	harjāyī
Iranian reading?	harjâyi
Tajik reading?	harjoyi

Adjective

هرجایی • (harjâyi)

1. vagrant, wandering, itinerant

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: हरजाई (harjāī)

  Urdu: ہَرْجَائِی (harjāī)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “هرجایی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim