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.[1]

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

References
  1. علی صیادانی، وام‌واژه‌های فارسی دیوان ابن هانی؛ شاعر شیعه اندلس, پژوهش‌های زبان‌شناسی تطبیقی، ص ۱۵۵

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

Persian

Etymology

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

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

Noun
Dari تاج
Iranian Persian
Tajik тоҷ

تاج • (tâj) (plural تاج‌ها (tâj-hâ))

  1. crown
  2. tuft

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تاج (tāj).

Pronunciation

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
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