تاج

See also: باح

Arabic

Root
ت و ج (t-w-j)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taːd͡ʒ/

Noun

تَاج • (tāj) m (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.

Declension

Declension of noun تَاج (tāj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَاج tāj	التَّاج at-tāj	تَاج tāj
Nominative	تَاجٌ tājun	التَّاجُ at-tāju	تَاجُ tāju
Accusative	تَاجًا tājan	التَّاجَ at-tāja	تَاجَ tāja
Genitive	تَاجٍ tājin	التَّاجِ at-tāji	تَاجِ tāji
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَاجَيْن tājayn	التَّاجَيْن at-tājayn	تَاجَيْ tājay
Nominative	تَاجَانِ tājāni	التَّاجَانِ at-tājāni	تَاجَا tājā
Accusative	تَاجَيْنِ tājayni	التَّاجَيْنِ at-tājayni	تَاجَيْ tājay
Genitive	تَاجَيْنِ tājayni	التَّاجَيْنِ at-tājayni	تَاجَيْ tājay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تِيجَان tījān	التِّيجَان at-tījān	تِيجَان tījān
Nominative	تِيجَانٌ tījānun	التِّيجَانُ at-tījānu	تِيجَانُ tījānu
Accusative	تِيجَانًا tījānan	التِّيجَانَ at-tījāna	تِيجَانَ tījāna
Genitive	تِيجَانٍ tījānin	التِّيجَانِ at-tījāni	تِيجَانِ tījāni

Descendants

• Andalusian Arabic: تَاج
• Maltese: tieġ
• → Chagatai: تاج (taj)
  • Uyghur: تاج (taj)
  • Uzbek: toj
• → English: taj
• → Persian: تاج (tâj)
  • → Baluchi: تاج (táj)
  • → Bashkir: таж (taj)
  • → Bengali: তাজ (taj)
  • → Chechen: таж (taž)
  • → Kazakh: тәж (täj)
  • → Punjabi: ਤਾਜ (tāj)
  • → Turkish: taç
  • → Urdu: تاج (tāj) / Hindi: ताज (tāj)
• → Ottoman Turkish: تاج (tac)
  • Turkish: taç
  • → Serbo-Croatian: tȁdž/та̏џ
• → Swahili: taji

Baluchi

Etymology

From Persian تاج (tâj).

Noun

تاج • (táj)

1. crown

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic تَاج (tāj).

Noun

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

Descendants

• Turkish: taç
• → Serbo-Croatian: tȁdž/та̏џ

Persian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tɑːd͡ʒ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑːd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑːd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑːd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔːd͡ʒ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɒːd͡ʒ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔd͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	tāj
Dari reading?	tāj
Iranian reading?	tâj
Tajik reading?	toj

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	تاج
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тоҷ

تاج • (tâj) (plural تاج‌ها (tâj-hâ))

1. crown
2. tuft

Descendants

• → Baluchi: تاج (táj)
• → Bashkir: таж (taj)
• → Bengali: তাজ (taj)
• → Chechen: таж (taž)
• → Kazakh: тәж (täj)
• → Punjabi: ਤਾਜ (tāj)
• → Turkish: taç
• → Urdu: تاج (tāj) / Hindi: ताज (tāj)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تاج (tāj).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑːd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːd͡ʒ

Noun

تاج • (tāj) m (Hindi spelling ताज)

1. crown

Uyghur

Etymology

From Persian تاج (tâj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑd͡ʒ/

Noun

تاج • (taj) (plural تاجلار (tajlar))

1. crown (royal headdress)

Further reading

• 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