تعظیم

See also: تعظيم‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَعْظِيم‎ (taʕẓīm).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /taʔziːm/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /taʔziːm/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /tæʔziːm/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /taʔzim/

Noun

Iranian Persian	تعظیم
Dari	تعظیم
Tajik	таъзим (taʾzim)

تَعظیم • (ta'zim)

bow
homage, honor
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., 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)

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