خواجگی

Persian

Etymology

From خواجه (xâje) +‎ ـگی (-gi). The Tajik usage of хоҷагӣ (xojagi) to mean "a sector or type of economy" is a phono-semantic matching of Russian хозяйство (xozjajstvo).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xʷɑː.d͡ʒa.ˈɡiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.d͡ʒä.ɡíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.d͡ʒä.ɡíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.d͡ʒä.ɡíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.d͡ʒä.ɡí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒːd͡ʒe.ɡʲíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.d͡ʒä.ɡí]

Readings
Classical reading?	xwāja-gī
Dari reading?	xāja-gī
Iranian reading?	xâje-gi
Tajik reading?	xoja-gi

Noun

Dari	خواجگی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хоҷагӣ

خواجگی • (xâjegi)

1. a wealthy merchant
2. chiefship, mastership
3. (Tajik) a sector or type of economy

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: xacəgi
• → Ottoman Turkish: خواجكی (hâcegî)
  • Turkish: hâcegî
• → Uzbek: xojagi
• → Urdu: خْوَاجَگِی (xvājagī)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خواجگی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul