عاج

Arabic

Root
ع و ج (ʕ w j)
6 terms

Etymology

From عَوِجَ (ʕawija, “to be crooked, to be bent”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʕæːd͡ʒ]

Noun

عَاج • (ʕāj) m

ivory

Declension

Declension of noun **عَاج** (ʕāj)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَاج ʕāj	الْعَاج al-ʕāj	عَاج ʕāj
nominative	عَاجٌ ʕājun	الْعَاجُ al-ʕāju	عَاجُ ʕāju
accusative	عَاجًا ʕājan	الْعَاجَ al-ʕāja	عَاجَ ʕāja
genitive	عَاجٍ ʕājin	الْعَاجِ al-ʕāji	عَاجِ ʕāji

Derived terms

سَاحِل الْعَاج (sāḥil al-ʕāj)
عَاجِيّ (ʕājiyy)

Descendants

→ Afar: qáag
→ Ottoman Turkish: عاج (ʼac)
→ Persian: عاج (ʼâj)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عَاج (ʕāj).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaːd͡ʒ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːd͡ʒ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːd͡ʒ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔːd͡ʒ̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒːd͡ʒ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔd͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	āj
Dari reading^?	āj
Iranian reading^?	âj
Tajik reading^?	oj

Noun

عاج • (āj / âj) (plural عاج‌ها (āj-hā / âj-hâ), Tajik spelling оҷ)

ivory
Synonym: پیلسته (pilaste)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “عاج”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “عاج”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press