ژاژ
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Persian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʒɑːʒ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʒɒːʒ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʒɔʒ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | žāž |
| Dari reading? | žāž |
| Iranian reading? | žâž |
| Tajik reading? | žož |
Noun[edit]
ژاژ • (žâž)
- (archaic) A tough, insipid variety of artichoke which cannot be chewed or swallowed by the camel
- idle takl, nonsense
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 420:
- مصطفی مه میشکافد نیم شب
ژاژ میخاید ز کینه بو لهب- Mustafa mah mē-šikāfad nīm šab
žāž mē-xāyad za kīna Bū Lahab - Mustafá (Mohammed) splits the moon at midnight;
Abú Lahab from hatred talks drivel.
- Mustafa mah mē-šikāfad nīm šab
References[edit]
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ژاژ”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim