هجو

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَجْو (hajw).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [had͡ʒw]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häd͡ʒw]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häd͡ʒw]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäd͡ʒw]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäd͡ʒw]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæd͡ʒv]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häd͡ʒw]

Readings
Classical reading?	hajw
Dari reading?	hajw
Iranian reading?	hajv
Tajik reading?	hajv

Noun

هجو • (hajv)

1. satire, lampoon

   Synonyms: طنز (tanz), طعنه (ta'ne)

   1. genre of classical poetry dedicated to mockery of someone, often vulgar
      • c. 1120, Sanā'ī Ghaznawī, دیوان سنایی‎^[1]:

        نه یکی را به خشم کردم هجو
        نه یکی را به طمع بستودم
        به هوا و به شهوت نفسی
        جان پاكيزه را نیالودم

        na yakē rā ba xišm kardam hajw
        na yakē rā ba tama' bisutūdam
        ba hawā u ba šahwat-i nafsī
        jān-i pākīza rā nay-ālūdam

        Not a single person did I lampoon in anger,
        Not a single person did I praise out of greed.
        I did not sully my pristine soul
        With the lust and libido of the self.

        (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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