ژاژ

Persian

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʒɑːʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʒɑːʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʒɑːʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʒɔːʒ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʒɒːʒ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʒɔʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	žāž
Dari reading?	žāž
Iranian reading?	žâž
Tajik reading?	žož

Noun

ژاژ • (žâž)

1. (archaic) A tough, insipid variety of artichoke which cannot be chewed or swallowed by the camel
2. idle takl, nonsense
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 420:

     مصطفی مه می‏شکافد نیم شب
     ژاژ می‏خاید ز کینه بو لهب‏

     Mustafa mah mē-šikāfad nīm šab
     žāž mē-xāyad za kīna Bū Lahab

     Mustafá (Mohammed) splits the moon at midnight;
     Abú Lahab from hatred talks drivel.

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ژاژ”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Noun

ژاژ • (žāž) ? (Hindi spelling झ़ाझ़)

1. obscenity, nonsense, indecent speech