آماج

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Term?]. Compare Turkish amaç, Azerbaijani amac, early borrowings into Turkic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ˈmaːd͡ʒ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.mɑ́ːd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.mɑ́ːd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.mɑ́ːd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.mɔ́ːd͡ʒ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.mɒ́ːd͡ʒ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.mɔ́d͡ʒ]

• Rhymes: -aːd͡ʒ

Readings
Classical reading?	āmāj
Dari reading?	āmāj
Iranian reading?	âmâj
Tajik reading?	omoj

Noun

آماج • (āmāj / âmâj) (Tajik spelling омоҷ)

1. target

   Synonym: هدف (hadaf)

   آماج رشک ― âmâj-e rašk ― target of jealousy

Descendants

• → Baluchi: آماچ (ámác)
• → Sindhi: آماجُ (āmāju), آماچُ (āmācu), آچامُ (ācāmu)
• → Urdu: آماج (āmāj)

Further reading

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