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زاج

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Arabic

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Persian زاگ (zâg).

    Noun

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    زَاج • (zāj) m

    1. vitriol, sulphate from a metal

    Declension

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    Declension of noun زَاج (zāj)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal زَاج
    zāj
    الزَّاج
    az-zāj
    زَاج
    zāj
    nominative زَاجٌ
    zājun
    الزَّاجُ
    az-zāju
    زَاجُ
    zāju
    accusative زَاجًا
    zājan
    الزَّاجَ
    az-zāja
    زَاجَ
    zāja
    genitive زَاجٍ
    zājin
    الزَّاجِ
    az-zāji
    زَاجِ
    zāji

    Descendants

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    • → Old Spanish: azech
      • Spanish: aceche
    • → Ottoman Turkish: زاج (zac, zaç)
    • → Persian: زاج (zâj)

    Moroccan Arabic

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    From Arabic زُجاج (zujāj, “glass”) with the assimilation of the first j to z.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /zaːʒ/
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

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    زاج • (zāj) m (collective, singulative زاجة f (zāja), plural زاجات (zājāt))

    1. glass

    Ottoman Turkish

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    Etymology 1

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      Borrowed from Arabic زَاج (zāj).

      Noun

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      زاج • (zac, zaç)

      1. vitriol, sulphate from a metal
        • 1895 April 2, Servet-i Fünun, page 95, column 3:
          بللور و جام اوزرینه یازمق ایچون امریقاده اختراع اولنه‌رق اوروپایا كلان الماسی مركبی اساساً فلوعورور آمونیوم fluorure d'amonium سولفات بارییوم Sulfate de baryum ایله زاج یاغی acide sulfurique دن مركب بر مخاوطدر.
          billur ve cam üzerine yazmak amerikada ihtira olunarak avrupaya kelan olması mürekkebi esasen flu'orur amonyum sulfat bariyum ile zac yağı dan mürekkeb bir mahluttur.
          (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      Descendants
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      Etymology 2

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      Noun

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      زاج • (zac, zaç)

      1. alternative form of ساج (sac, saç, “teak”)

      Persian

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Arabic زَاج (zāj), from Persian زاگ (zâg).

      Pronunciation

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      Readings
      Classical reading? zāj
      Dari reading? zāj
      Iranian reading? zâj
      Tajik reading? zoj

      Noun

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      زاج • (zâj)

      1. (dated) vitriol (various metal sulphates)
        Synonym: کات (kât) (dated)
      2. (dated) alum
        Synonyms: زاج سفید (zâj-e sefid), آلوم (âlum)

      Derived terms

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      References

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