تعظیم

See also: تعظيم

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَعْظِيم (taʕẓīm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [taʔ.ziːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʔ.ziːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʔ.ziːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.ziːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔː.zim]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæʔ.ziːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʔ.zim]

Readings
Classical reading?	ta'zīm
Dari reading?	ta'zīm
Iranian reading?	ta'zim
Tajik reading?	taʾzim

Noun

Dari	تعظیم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	таъзим

تَعظیم • (ta'zim)

1. bow
2. homage, honor
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 3109:

     ابلهان تعظیم مسجد می‌کنند / در جفای اهل دل جد می‌کنند

     ablahân ta'zim-e masjed mi-konand / dar jafâ-ye ahl-e del jed mi-konand

     Fools venerate the mosque and endeavour to destroy them that have the heart [in which God dwells].

Derived terms

• تعظیم کردن (ta'zim kardan)

Descendants

• → Rajasthani: ताजीम (tājīm)
• → Urdu: تعظیم (ta'zīm)