وج

See also: وخ and وچ

Arabic

وَجّ

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian وج (vaj).

Noun

وَجّ • (wajj) m

1. sweet flag, Acorus calamus

   Synonym: ذَرِيرَة (ḏarīra)

Declension

Declension of noun وَجّ (wajj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَجّ wajj	الْوَجّ al-wajj	وَجّ wajj
Nominative	وَجٌّ wajjun	الْوَجُّ al-wajju	وَجُّ wajju
Accusative	وَجًّا wajjan	الْوَجَّ al-wajja	وَجَّ wajja
Genitive	وَجٍّ wajjin	الْوَجِّ al-wajji	وَجِّ wajji

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: վաճ (vač)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “وج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 436
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “وج”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 1198

Bulgar

Bulgar cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : وج     Ordinal : وجم

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *üč.

Numeral

وج (več)

1. (Volga Bulgar) three

Descendants

• Chuvash: виççӗ (viççĕ)

References

• Закиев М. З. Лингвоэтнические особенности волжских булгар — главного этнического корня татар[3]
• Róna-Tas, András (1976) “A Volga Bulgarıan Inscription from 1307”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae‎^[4] (in Bulgar), volume 30, number 2, page 173

North Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• وش (wišš)

Etymology

From Arabic وَجْه (wajh).

Noun

وجّ • (wijj) m (plural وجوه (wjūh))

1. face

Persian

وج

Etymology

From Sanskrit वचा (vacā, “sweet flag”).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wäd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wäd͡ʒ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væd͡ʒ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [väd͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	waj
Iranian reading?	vaj
Tajik reading?	vaj

Noun

وج • (vaj)

1. sweet flag, Acorus calamus

   Synonym: اگیر (agir, egir)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• → Arabic: وَجّ (wajj)
  • → Middle Armenian: վաճ (vač)

South Levantine Arabic

Noun

وجّ • (wijj) m

1. Alternative form of وجه (wujh): face

Ushojo

Noun

وج (vaj)

1. intestine of a goat or buffalo