زاغ

See also: راع

Arabic

Root
ز ي غ (z-y-ḡ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaː.ɣa/

Verb

زَاغَ • (zāḡa) I, non-past يَزِيغُ‎ (yazīḡu)

1. to deviate, to turn away, to swerve
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 33:10:

     إِذْ جَاؤُوكُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَإِذْ زَاغَتْ الأَبْصَارُ وَبَلَغَتْ الْقُلُوبُ الْحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِاللّٰهِ الظُّنُونَا

     ʔiḏ jāʔūkum min fawqikum wamin ʔasfala minkum waʔiḏ zāḡat al-ʔabṣāru wabalaḡat al-qulūbu l-ḥanājira wataẓunnūna bi-l-lāhi ẓ-ẓunūnā

     [Remember] when they came at you from above you and from below you, and when the gazes shifted, and the hearts reached the throats and you assumed about Allah assumptions.

Conjugation

Conjugation of

زَاغَ

(form-I hollow, verbal nouns زَيْغ or زَيَغَان)

verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر						زَيْغ or زَيَغَان zayḡ or zayaḡān
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						زَائِغ zāʔiḡ
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَزِيغ mazīḡ
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	زِغْتُ ziḡtu	زِغْتَ ziḡta	زَاغَ zāḡa		زِغْتُمَا ziḡtumā	زَاغَا zāḡā		زِغْنَا ziḡnā	زِغْتُمْ ziḡtum	زَاغُوا zāḡū
	f		زِغْتِ ziḡti	زَاغَتْ zāḡat			زَاغَتَا zāḡatā			زِغْتُنَّ ziḡtunna	زِغْنَ ziḡna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَزِيغُ ʔazīḡu	تَزِيغُ tazīḡu	يَزِيغُ yazīḡu		تَزِيغَانِ tazīḡāni	يَزِيغَانِ yazīḡāni		نَزِيغُ nazīḡu	تَزِيغُونَ tazīḡūna	يَزِيغُونَ yazīḡūna
	f		تَزِيغِينَ tazīḡīna	تَزِيغُ tazīḡu			تَزِيغَانِ tazīḡāni			تَزِغْنَ taziḡna	يَزِغْنَ yaziḡna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَزِيغَ ʔazīḡa	تَزِيغَ tazīḡa	يَزِيغَ yazīḡa		تَزِيغَا tazīḡā	يَزِيغَا yazīḡā		نَزِيغَ nazīḡa	تَزِيغُوا tazīḡū	يَزِيغُوا yazīḡū
	f		تَزِيغِي tazīḡī	تَزِيغَ tazīḡa			تَزِيغَا tazīḡā			تَزِغْنَ taziḡna	يَزِغْنَ yaziḡna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَزِغْ ʔaziḡ	تَزِغْ taziḡ	يَزِغْ yaziḡ		تَزِيغَا tazīḡā	يَزِيغَا yazīḡā		نَزِغْ naziḡ	تَزِيغُوا tazīḡū	يَزِيغُوا yazīḡū
	f		تَزِيغِي tazīḡī	تَزِغْ taziḡ			تَزِيغَا tazīḡā			تَزِغْنَ taziḡna	يَزِغْنَ yaziḡna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		زِغْ ziḡ			زِيغَا zīḡā				زِيغُوا zīḡū
	f		زِيغِي zīḡī							زِغْنَ ziḡna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	زِيغَ zīḡa		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُزَاغُ yuzāḡu		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُزَاغَ yuzāḡa		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُزَغْ yuzaḡ		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

Ottoman Turkish

زاغ

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian زاغ (zâğ, “rook”).

Noun

زاغ • (zağ)

1. carrion crow, the common European black crow (Corvus corone)
2. rook, a common European bird of the crow family (Corvus frugilegus)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zağ4”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5423
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زاغ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 638b
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Corvus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 294
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “زاغ”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 2417
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زاغ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1001

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian, from Proto-Iranian (compare Sogdian [script needed] (zʾγ /⁠zāγ⁠/, “crow”), Northern Kurdish zax (“crow”), Parthian [script needed] (zxs- /⁠zaxs-⁠/, “to sound”)).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑːɣ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑːɣ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɑːɣ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zɔːɣ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zɒːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zɔʁ]

Readings
Classical reading?	zāğ
Dari reading?	zāğ
Iranian reading?	zâğ
Tajik reading?	zoġ

Noun

Dari	زاغ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	зоғ

زاغ • (zâğ)

1. rook (bird)