دژم

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /di.ˈʒam/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪ.ʒǽm], [d̪ä.ʒǽm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪ.ʒǽm], [d̪ä.ʒǽm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪i.ʒǽm], [d̪ä.ʒǽm]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪e.ʒǽm], [d̪o.ʒǽm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪i.ʒǽm]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dižam
Dari reading^?	dižam, dažam
Iranian reading^?	dežam, dožam
Tajik reading^?	dižam

Adjective


Iranian Persian	دژم
Dari	دژم
Tajik	дижам

دژم • (dežam, dožam)

sad, melancholy, gloomy, dejected
fierce, enraged, furious, angry
- Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
  بدو گفت مهتر به روی دژم -- که برگوی تا از که دیدی ستم
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (dižam).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ɪ.ʒəm/
Rhymes: -əm

Adjective

دِژَم • (dižam) (Hindi spelling दिझ़म)

angry, enraged, furious
unlucky, sin, black

References

“دژم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“دژم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.