ازدواج

Arabic

Noun

اِزْدِوَاج • (izdiwāj) m

1. verbal noun of اِزْدَوَجَ (izdawaja) (form VIII)

Declension

Declension of noun اِزْدِوَاج (izdiwāj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِزْدِوَاج izdiwāj	الِازْدِوَاج al-izdiwāj	اِزْدِوَاج izdiwāj
Nominative	اِزْدِوَاجٌ izdiwājun	الِازْدِوَاجُ al-izdiwāju	اِزْدِوَاجُ izdiwāju
Accusative	اِزْدِوَاجًا izdiwājan	الِازْدِوَاجَ al-izdiwāja	اِزْدِوَاجَ izdiwāja
Genitive	اِزْدِوَاجٍ izdiwājin	الِازْدِوَاجِ al-izdiwāji	اِزْدِوَاجِ izdiwāji

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: izdivac
• → Classical Persian: ازدواج (izdiwāj)
  • → Gujarati: ઇઝદિવાજ (ijhadivāj)
  • → Urdu: ازدواج (izdivāj)
• → Turkish: izdivaç

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic اِزْدِوَاج (izdiwāj).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔiz.di.ˈwɑːd͡ʒ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪz.d̪ɪ.wɑ́ːd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪz.d̪ɪ.wɑ́ːd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪz.d̪ɪ.wɑ́ːd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔiz.d̪i.wɔ́ːd͡ʒ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔez.d̪e.vɒ́ːd͡ʒ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiz.d̪i.vɔ́d͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	izdiwāj
Dari reading?	izdiwāj
Iranian reading?	ezdevâj
Tajik reading?	izdivoj

Noun

Dari	ازدواج
Iranian Persian
Tajik	издивоҷ

اِزدِواج • (ezdevâj) (plural اِزدِواج‌ها (ezdevâj-hâ))

1. marriage
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 3428:

     حکمتی که بود حق را ز ازدواج گشت حاصل از نیاز و از لجاج

     hekmat-i ke bud haqq-râ z-ezdevâj gašt hâsel az niyâz o az lejâj.

     The providential purpose that God had—namely, humble supplication or obstinate contumacy—was fulfilled by means of the marriage [of body and spirit].

Derived terms

• ازدواج کردن (ezdevâj kardan)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: ઇઝદિવાજ (ijhadivāj)
• → Urdu: ازدواج (izdivāj)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ازدواج (izdiwāj), from Arabic اِزْدِوَاج (izdiwāj).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪz.d̪ɪ.ʋɑːd͡ʒ/

Noun

ازدواج • (izdivāj) m (Hindi spelling इज़्दिवाज)

1. marriage
2. wedding