غلیواج
Persian
Alternative forms
- غلیواژ (ġalêvâž), خلیواج (xalêvâj), غلواج (ġalvâj), خلواج (xalvâj), کلیواج (kalêvâj), کلیواژ (kalêvâž)
Etymology
Borrowed from a Caspian language where غل (ğal), گل (gal, “mouse”) equalling Classical Persian گرزه (garza, “rat”) was compounded via optional genitive -ē with a cognate of the stem of Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾcytn' /vāzītan/, “to carry away”), so literally “mouse-grabber”.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ɣa.leː.ˈwaːd͡ʒ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɣä.leː.wɑːd͡ʒ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qæ.liː.vɒːd͡ʒ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʁä.le.vɔd͡ʒ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ġalēwāj |
| Dari reading? | ġalēwāj |
| Iranian reading? | ġalivâj |
| Tajik reading? | ġalevoj |
Noun
| Dari | غلیواج |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ғалевоҷ |
غلیواج • (ġalivâj) (plural غلیواجها)
- (dated) kite
References
- Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 83–84 Nr. 251
- Vullers, Johann August (1855) “خلیواج”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[2] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 718a
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “غلیواج”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[3] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 618a