اوج

See also: اوچ, اوْخ, اوخ, and آوج

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic أَوْج (ʔawj), from Persian اوگ (owg), from Middle Iranian, ultimately Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“related to increasement”). Cognate with Gilaki اوچوک (učuk, “soar”) and Sanskrit उच्च (ucca).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈʔawd͡ʒ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäwd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäwd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäwd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäwd͡ʒ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔowd͡ʒ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäwd͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	awj
Dari reading?	awj
Iranian reading?	owj
Tajik reading?	avj

Noun

اوج • (awj / owj) (Tajik spelling авҷ)

1. acme
2. apex
3. peak
4. zenith

Derived terms

• اوج گرفتن (awj giriftan / owj gereftan)
• اوج‌گیری (awj-gīrī / owj-giri)

Uzbek

Noun

اوج (avj) (plural اوجلر)

1. Afghan Uzbek spelling of avj

Further reading

• Aimaq, Dr. Fayzullah (2007), “اوج”, in فرهنگ اوزبیکی به فارسی / دری [farhang-i ōzbēkī ba fārsī / darī, Uzbek-Persian/Dari dictionary] (overall work in Persian), page 174