مواجهه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُوَاجَهَة (muwājaha), verbal noun of وَاجَهَ (wājaha).

Noun

مواجهه • (müvacaha or muvacehe)

1. being face to face or opposite
2. confrontation

Descendants

• Turkish: muvacehe

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muvacehe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مواجهه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2018
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُوَاجَهَة (muwājaha).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.wɑː.d͡ʒa.ˈha]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.wɑː.d͡ʒä.ɦǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.wɑː.d͡ʒä.ɦǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.wɑː.d͡ʒɑːǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.wɔː.d͡ʒɔːǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.vɒː.d͡ʒe.ɦé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.vɔ.d͡ʒä.ɦǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	muwājaha
Dari reading?	muwājaha
Iranian reading?	movâjehe
Tajik reading?	muvojaha

Noun

مواجهه • (movâjehe)

1. face-to-face meeting

   مواجهه با افراد جدید ― movâjehe bâ afrâd-e jadid ― meeting new people in person

2. confrontation; opposition

   Synonym: مقابله (moqâbele)