آماج

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Term?]. Compare Turkish amaç, Azerbaijani amac, early borrowings into Turkic.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ˈmaːd͡ʒ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.mɑ́ːd͡ʒ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.mɑ́ːd͡ʒ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.mɔ́ːd͡ʒ̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.mɒ́ːd͡ʒ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.mɔ́d͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	āmāj
Dari reading^?	āmāj
Iranian reading^?	âmâj
Tajik reading^?	omoj

Noun

آماج • (āmāj / âmâj) (Tajik spelling омоҷ)

target
Synonym: هدف (hadaf)

― âmâj-e rašk ― target of jealousy

Further reading

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