تعظیم

See also: تعظيم

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic عَظَّمَ (ʕaẓẓama)

Arabic تَعْظِيم (taʕẓīm)bor.

Persian تعظیم

Borrowed from Arabic تَعْظِيم (taʕẓīm), from عَظَّمَ (ʕaẓẓama).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /taʔ.ˈziːm/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʔ.ziːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʔ.ziːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.ziːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔː.zim]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæʔ.ziːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʔ.zim]

• Rhymes: -iːm

Readings
Classical reading?	ta'zīm
Dari reading?	ta'zīm
Iranian reading?	ta'zim
Tajik reading?	ta'zim

Noun

تعظیم • (ta'zīm / ta'zim) (plural تعظیمات (ta'zīmāt / ta'zimât), Tajik spelling таъзим)

1. bow
2. homage, honor
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 3109:

     ابلهان تعظیم مسجد می‌کنند
     در جفای اهل دل جد می‌کنند

     ablahān ta'zīm-i masjid mē-kunand
     dar jafā-yi ahl-e dil jid mē-kunand

     Fools venerate the mosque
     and endeavour to destroy them that have the heart [in which God dwells].

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• تعظیم کردن (ta'zim kardan)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi:

  Urdu: تَعْظِیم (ta'zīm)

• → Kazakh: тағзым (tağzım)
• → Marwari: ताजीम (tājīm)
• → Turkmen: tagzym
• → Uzbek: taʼzim