See also: باح

Arabic

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Root
ت و ج (t w j)
6 terms

Etymology

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From Parthian [script needed] (tāg), attested in 𐫟𐫀𐫡𐫤𐫀𐫃 (xʾrtʾg /⁠xārtāg⁠/, crown of thorns), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (to cover). Related to Arabic تَخْت (taḵt, bed, couch...), also an Iranian borrowing; and to Aramaic תָּגָא (tāḡā).

Attested as 𐢞𐢄 (tj, crown) (Nabatean script) in the 4th-century Namara inscription.[1]

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Noun

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تَاج (tājm (plural تِيجَان (tījān))

  1. crown
    الصِّحَّةُ تَاجٌ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الْأَصِحَّاءِ لَا يَرَاهُ إِلَّا الْمَرْضَى.
    aṣ-ṣiḥḥatu tājun ʕalā ruʔūsi l-ʔaṣiḥḥāʔi lā yarāhu ʔillā l-marḍā.
    Health is a crown on the heads of the healthy, that only the ill can see.

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Baluchi

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Etymology

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From Persian تاج (tâj).

Noun

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تاج (táj)

  1. crown

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic تَاج (tāj).

Noun

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تاج (tac, taç)

  1. crown, diadem
  2. regal power, the position of someone who bears a crown
  3. (figurative) reign
  4. a headdress worn by various orders of dervishes, a mitre
  5. corolla of a flower
  6. chapiteau of an alembic
  7. the تاج التواریخ (tac üt-tevarih, Crown of Histories) by Sadeddin, a model for the ornatest style of literature

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic تَاج (tāj), from Parthian [Manichaean needed] (tʾg /⁠tāg⁠/, crown), attested in 𐫟𐫀𐫡𐫤𐫀𐫃 (xʾrtʾg /⁠xārtāg⁠/, crown of thorns), from Old Iranian *tāga-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (to cover).

Related to Persian تخت (taxt, bed, throne), and akin to Old Armenian թագ (tʻag), Arabic تاج (tāj), and Aramaic תָּגָא (tāḡā), Iranian borrowings.

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Readings
Classical reading? tāj
Dari reading? tāj
Iranian reading? tâj
Tajik reading? toj
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

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Dari تاج
Iranian Persian
Tajik тоҷ

تاج (tâj) (plural تاج‌ها (tâj-hâ))

  1. crown
  2. tuft

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian تاج (tāj).

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تاج (tājm (Hindi spelling ताज)

  1. crown

Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Persian تاج (tâj).

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تاج (taj) (plural تاجلار (tajlar))

  1. crown (royal headdress)

Further reading

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  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN