باژ

See also: باز‎, تاز‎, تار‎, بار‎, پار‎, ثأر‎, and ثار‎

Persian

Alternative forms

باز‎ (bâz)
پاژ‎ (pâž)
باج‎ (bâj)

Etymology

From Middle Persian bʾc (bāǰ), from Proto-Iranian *bāǰi- (“tribute, tax”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to distribute, allot”); see there for more.

Noun

باژ • (bâž)

tribute, toll, duty, revenue, tax, impost
any grievous imposition which distresses the poor or the conquered
silence observed by the Pârsis whilst eating or performing their ablutions
a fathom
the shoulder
the distance between each hand when the arms are horizontally extended in an opposite directio
the arm, or the upper part of it
a finger joint
name of a town in the dependencies of Tus, and birthplace of Ferdousi

Derived terms

باژدار‎ (bâždâr)
باژبان‎ (bâžbân)

Descendants

Kurdish: باج‎ (bac) (bāj)
Ottoman Turkish: باج‎ (bâc)
- Turkish: bâc
- → Serbo-Croatian: bádža / ба́џа

References

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

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