تعظیم

تعظیم

See also: تعظيم‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَعْظِيم‎‎ (taʿẓīm).

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /taʔziːm/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /tæʔziːm/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /taʔzim/

Noun

Dari	تعظیم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	таъзим (taʾzim)

تَعظیم • (ta'zim)

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

     ‏ابلهان تعظیم مسجد می‌کنند / در جفای اهل دل جد می‌کنند‎

     ablahân ta'zim-e masjed mi-konand / dar jafâ-ye ahl-e del jed mi-konand

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

Derived terms

• تعظیم کردن‎ (ta'zim kardan)

Descendants

• → Rajasthani: ताजीम (tājīm)
• → Urdu: تعظیم‎ (ta'zīm)