اعضا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَعْضَاء (ʔaʕḍāʔ), plural of عُضْو (ʕuḍw). An originally plural form reinterpreted as singular.

Noun

اعضا • (aza)

1. (anatomy) member; members
2. member; members, membership (of a council, society, etc.)

Descendants

• Turkish: aza

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaʔ.ˈzaː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʔ.zɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʔ.zɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.zɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.zɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæʔ.zɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʔ.zɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	a'zā
Dari reading?	a'zā
Iranian reading?	a'zâ
Tajik reading?	a'zo

Noun

Dari	اعضا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	аъзо

اعضا • (a'zâ)

1. plural of عضو ('ozv)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَعْضَاء (ʔaʕḍāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.(ʔ)zɑː/, [ɑː.zɑː]

Noun

اَعْضا • (a'zā) m pl (Hindi spelling आज़ा)

1. plural of عضو (uzv)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884), “اعضا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “اعضا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.