ویژه

Persian

Etymology

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Particularly: “From Proto-Iranian *waič- (“to sift, separate”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wayč-, traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to separate, choose”)?^[1] Compare (bixtan, “to sift, sieve”).”

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [weː.ˈʒa], [wiː.ˈʒa]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wiː.ʒǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wiː.ʒǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wi.ʒǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [viː.ʒé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vi.ʒǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	wēža, wīža
Dari reading^?	wīža
Iranian reading^?	viže
Tajik reading^?	viža

Adjective

ویژه • (viže) (comparative ویژه‌تَر (viže-tar), superlative ویژه‌تَرین (viže-tarin))

special
(archaic) pure; net
sud-e viže
net profit

Inflection

Enclitic-attached forms of ویژه (viže)

Basic forms of ویژه (vižé)
bare	ویژه (vižé)
ezâfe	ویژهٔ (vižé-ye)
marked indefinite or relative definite	ویژه‌ای (vižé-i)

Possessive forms of ویژه (viže)
	singular	plural
1^st person (“my, our”)	ویژه‌ام (vižé-am) [Term?]^△ (vižám)	ویژه‌مان (vižé-ye-mân) [Term?]^△ (vižé-mân, vižámun)
2^nd person (“your”)	ویژه‌ات (vižé-at) [Term?]^△ (vižát)	ویژه‌تان (vižé-ye-tân) [Term?]^△ (vižé-tân, vižátun)
3^rd person (“his, her, its, their”)	ویژه‌اش (vižé-aš) [Term?]^△ (vižáš)	ویژه‌شان (vižé-ye-šân) [Term?]^△ (vižé-šân, vižášun)
^△ Colloquial.

Predicative forms of ویژه (viže)
	singular	plural
1^st person (“I am, we are”)	ویژه‌ام (vižé-am) ویژه‌ام، ویژم ^△ (vižám)	ویژه‌ایم (vižé-im)
2^nd person (“you are”)	ویژه‌ای (vižé-i)	ویژه‌اید (vižé-id) ویژه‌این ^△ (vižé-in)
3^rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	ویژه است (vižé ast) ویژه‌ئه، ویژس ^△ (vižé-e, vižás)	ویژه‌اند (vižé-and) ویژه‌ان، ویژن ^△ (vižé-an, vižán)
^△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

ویژگی (vižegi)
بویژه (beviže)

References

^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 407-8

[1] Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 407-8

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