تعظیم

See also: تعظيم

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic عَظَّمَ (ʕaẓẓama)

Arabic تَعْظِيم (taʕẓīm)bor.

Persian

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

Pronunciation

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

(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]

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)

bow
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 (tağzym)
→ Marwari: ताजीम (tājīm)
→ Turkmen: tagzym
→ Uzbek: taʼzim