هجو

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَجْو (hajw).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [had͡ʒw]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häd͡ʒw]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäd͡ʒw]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäd͡ʒw]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæd͡ʒv]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häd͡ʒw]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hajw
Dari reading^?	hajw
Iranian reading^?	hajv
Tajik reading^?	hajv

Noun

هجو • (hajv)

satire, lampoon
Synonyms: طنز (tanz), طعنه (ta'ne)
1. genre of classical poetry dedicated to mockery of someone, often vulgar
  - c. 1120, Sanā'ī Ghaznawī, دیوان سنایی‎:
    نه یکی را به خشم کردم هجو
    نه یکی را به طمع بستودم
    به هوا و به شهوت نفسی
    جان پاكيزه را نیالودم
    na yakē rā ba xišm kardam hajw
    na yakē rā ba tama' bisutūdam
    ba hawā u ba šahwat-i nafsī
    jān-i pākīza rā nay-ālūdam
    Not a single person did I lampoon in anger,
    Not a single person did I praise out of greed.
    I did not sully my pristine soul
    With the lust and libido of the self.
    (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “هجو”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “هجو”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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