موضع

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
و ض ع (w-ḍ-ʕ)

Noun of place from the verb وَضَعَ (waḍaʕa, “to put”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

مَوْضِع • (mawḍiʕ) m (plural مَوَاضِع (mawāḍiʕ))

1. verbal noun of وَضَعَ (waḍaʕa) (form I)
2. position
3. place

Declension

Declension of noun مَوْضِع (mawḍiʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوْضِع mawḍiʕ	الْمَوْضِع al-mawḍiʕ	مَوْضِع mawḍiʕ
Nominative	مَوْضِعٌ mawḍiʕun	الْمَوْضِعُ al-mawḍiʕu	مَوْضِعُ mawḍiʕu
Accusative	مَوْضِعًا mawḍiʕan	الْمَوْضِعَ al-mawḍiʕa	مَوْضِعَ mawḍiʕa
Genitive	مَوْضِعٍ mawḍiʕin	الْمَوْضِعِ al-mawḍiʕi	مَوْضِعِ mawḍiʕi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوْضِعَيْن mawḍiʕayn	الْمَوْضِعَيْن al-mawḍiʕayn	مَوْضِعَيْ mawḍiʕay
Nominative	مَوْضِعَانِ mawḍiʕāni	الْمَوْضِعَانِ al-mawḍiʕāni	مَوْضِعَا mawḍiʕā
Accusative	مَوْضِعَيْنِ mawḍiʕayni	الْمَوْضِعَيْنِ al-mawḍiʕayni	مَوْضِعَيْ mawḍiʕay
Genitive	مَوْضِعَيْنِ mawḍiʕayni	الْمَوْضِعَيْنِ al-mawḍiʕayni	مَوْضِعَيْ mawḍiʕay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوَاضِع mawāḍiʕ	الْمَوَاضِع al-mawāḍiʕ	مَوَاضِع mawāḍiʕ
Nominative	مَوَاضِعُ mawāḍiʕu	الْمَوَاضِعُ al-mawāḍiʕu	مَوَاضِعُ mawāḍiʕu
Accusative	مَوَاضِعَ mawāḍiʕa	الْمَوَاضِعَ al-mawāḍiʕa	مَوَاضِعَ mawāḍiʕa
Genitive	مَوَاضِعَ mawāḍiʕa	الْمَوَاضِعِ al-mawāḍiʕi	مَوَاضِعِ mawāḍiʕi

Descendants

• Moroccan Arabic: موضع (mūṭaʕ, mūḍaʕ)
• → Ottoman Turkish: موضع (mevzı)
  • Turkish: mevzi
• → Persian: موضع (mowze')
• → Urdu: موضع (mauze', mauza)

Etymology 2

Noun

مَوْضَع • (mawḍaʕ) m

1. verbal noun of وَضَعَ (waḍaʕa) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun مَوْضَع (mawḍaʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوْضَع mawḍaʕ	الْمَوْضَع al-mawḍaʕ	مَوْضَع mawḍaʕ
Nominative	مَوْضَعٌ mawḍaʕun	الْمَوْضَعُ al-mawḍaʕu	مَوْضَعُ mawḍaʕu
Accusative	مَوْضَعًا mawḍaʕan	الْمَوْضَعَ al-mawḍaʕa	مَوْضَعَ mawḍaʕa
Genitive	مَوْضَعٍ mawḍaʕin	الْمَوْضَعِ al-mawḍaʕi	مَوْضَعِ mawḍaʕi

Moroccan Arabic

Root
و ض ع
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic مَوْضَع (mawḍaʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maw.tˤaʕ/, /maw.dˤaʕ/, /muː.tˤaʕ/, /muː.dˤaʕ/

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Noun

موضع • (mawṭaʕ or mawḍaʕ or mūṭaʕ or mūḍaʕ) m (plural مواضع (mwāṭaʕ or mwāḍaʕ) or ماضع (māṭaʕ or māḍaʕ))

1. place, location, spot

   Synonyms: بلاصة (blāṣa), مكان (mkān)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْضِع (mawḍiʕ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maw.ˈziʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäw.zɪ́ʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäw.zɪ́ʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäw.zɪ́]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäw.zí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mow.zéʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäw.zéʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mawzi'
Dari reading?	mawze'
Iranian reading?	mowze'
Tajik reading?	mavzeʾ

Noun

موضع • (mowze') (plural مواضع (mavâze'))

1. position, location, situation

   Synonyms: مکان (makân), موقعیت (mowqe'iyyat)

2. position, view, opinion

   Synonym: دیدگاه (didgâh)

   موضع شما در این باره چیست؟

   mowze'-e šomā dar in bāre čist?

   What is your position on this issue?

Further reading

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian موضع (mawzi', mawza'), from Arabic مَوْضِع (mawḍiʕ) / مَوْضَع (mawḍaʕ).

Noun

موضع • (mauze', mauza') m (Hindi spelling मौज़ा)

1. place
2. position
3. situation
4. post
5. parcel, plot
6. district
7. township
8. occasion
9. occurrence
10. conjuncture