ژاژ

ژاژ • (žāž / žâž) (Tajik spelling жож)

1. (archaic) A tough, insipid variety of artichoke which cannot be chewed or swallowed by the camel
2. idle talk, nonsense
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 420:

     مصطفی مه میشکافد نیم شب
     ژاژ میخاید ز کینه بو لهب

     Mustafa mah mē-šikāfad nīm šab
     žāž mē-xāyad za kīna Bū Lahab

     Mustafá (Mohammed) splits the moon at midnight;
     Abú Lahab from hatred talks drivel.

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

ژاژ • (žāž) ? (Hindi spelling झ़ाझ़)

1. obscenity, nonsense, indecent speech