Persian

Alternative forms

• باز (bâz)
• پاژ (pâž)
• باج (bâj)

Noun

باژ • ‎(bâž)

1. tribute, toll, duty, revenue, tax, impost
2. any grievous imposition which distresses the poor or the conquered
3. silence observed by the Pârsis whilst eating or performing their ablutions
4. a fathom
5. the shoulder
6. the distance between each hand when the arms are horizontally extended in an opposite directio
7. the arm, or the upper part of it
8. a finger joint
9. name of a town in the dependencies of Tus, and birthplace of Ferdousi

Derived terms

• باژدار (bâždâr)
• باژبان (bâžbân)

Descendants

• Kurdish: باج (bāj)
• Ottoman Turkish: باج (bâc)
  • Turkish: bâc
  • → Serbo-Croatian: bádža / ба́џа

References

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