خواجگی

Persian

Etymology

From خواجه +‎ ـگی.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xʷɑː.d͡ʒa ˈɡiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.d͡ʒä ɡíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.d͡ʒä ɡíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.d͡ʒä ɡíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.d͡ʒä ɡí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.d͡ʒe ɡʲíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.d͡ʒä ɡí]

Readings
Classical reading?	xwāja gī
Dari reading?	xāja gī
Iranian reading?	xâje gi
Tajik reading?	xoja gī

Noun

Dari	خواجگی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хоҷагӣ

خواجگی • (xâjegi)

1. a wealthy merchant; chiefship, mastership

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: xacəgi
• → Ottoman Turkish: خواجگی (hacegi)
  • Turkish: hacegi
• → Uzbek: xojagi
• → Urdu: خواجگی (xājgī)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خواجگی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul