ترکتاز

Persian

Etymology

ترک (tork, “Turk”) +‎ تاز (tâz, present stem of تاختن (tâxtan, “to gallop, to assault, to raid”)): "Turkish raid."

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tuɾk.ˈtɑːz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊɾk.t̪ʰɑ́ːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊɾk.t̪ʰɑ́ːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊɾk.t̪ʰɑ́ːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰuɾk.t̪ʰɔ́ːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰoɹkʲ.t̪ʰɒ́ːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰuɾk.t̪ʰɔ́z]

Readings
Classical reading?	turktāz
Dari reading?	turktāz
Iranian reading?	torktâz
Tajik reading?	turktoz

Noun

ترکتاز • (torktâz)

1. plundering expedition, chevauchee
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 78:

     جایی که ترکتاز ستم آرد از عتاب
     آنجا بگرد ظلم رود صد هزار عدل

     jāyē ki turktāz-i sitam ārad az itāb
     ānjā ba-gird-i zulm rawad sad hazār adl

     At the place where she brings forth a chevauchee of oppression from her rebukes,
     Justice goes around tyranny there a hundred thousand-fold.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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