عضو

Arabic

Root
ع ض و (ʕ ḍ w)
1 term

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕudˤw/, /ʕidˤw/

Noun

عُضْو or عِضْو • (ʕuḍw or ʕiḍw) m (plural أَعْضَاء (ʔaʕḍāʔ))

1. organ
2. member

   أَنَا عُضْوٌ فِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلْمُنَظَّمَةِ.

   ʔanā ʕuḍwun fī hāḏihi l-munaẓẓamati.

   I am a member of this organization.

3. limb
4. branch, piece, section

Declension

Declension of noun عُضْو (ʕuḍw)‎; عِضْو (ʕiḍw)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عُضْو‎; عِضْو ʕuḍw‎; ʕiḍw	الْعُضْو‎; الْعِضْو al-ʕuḍw‎; al-ʕiḍw	عُضْو‎; عِضْو ʕuḍw‎; ʕiḍw
nominative	عُضْوٌ‎; عِضْوٌ ʕuḍwun‎; ʕiḍwun	الْعُضْوُ‎; الْعِضْوُ al-ʕuḍwu‎; al-ʕiḍwu	عُضْوُ‎; عِضْوُ ʕuḍwu‎; ʕiḍwu
accusative	عُضْوًا‎; عِضْوًا ʕuḍwan‎; ʕiḍwan	الْعُضْوَ‎; الْعِضْوَ al-ʕuḍwa‎; al-ʕiḍwa	عُضْوَ‎; عِضْوَ ʕuḍwa‎; ʕiḍwa
genitive	عُضْوٍ‎; عِضْوٍ ʕuḍwin‎; ʕiḍwin	الْعُضْوِ‎; الْعِضْوِ al-ʕuḍwi‎; al-ʕiḍwi	عُضْوِ‎; عِضْوِ ʕuḍwi‎; ʕiḍwi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عُضْوَيْن‎; عِضْوَيْن ʕuḍwayn‎; ʕiḍwayn	الْعُضْوَيْن‎; الْعِضْوَيْن al-ʕuḍwayn‎; al-ʕiḍwayn	عُضْوَيْ‎; عِضْوَيْ ʕuḍway‎; ʕiḍway
nominative	عُضْوَانِ‎; عِضْوَانِ ʕuḍwāni‎; ʕiḍwāni	الْعُضْوَانِ‎; الْعِضْوَانِ al-ʕuḍwāni‎; al-ʕiḍwāni	عُضْوَا‎; عِضْوَا ʕuḍwā‎; ʕiḍwā
accusative	عُضْوَيْنِ‎; عِضْوَيْنِ ʕuḍwayni‎; ʕiḍwayni	الْعُضْوَيْنِ‎; الْعِضْوَيْنِ al-ʕuḍwayni‎; al-ʕiḍwayni	عُضْوَيْ‎; عِضْوَيْ ʕuḍway‎; ʕiḍway
genitive	عُضْوَيْنِ‎; عِضْوَيْنِ ʕuḍwayni‎; ʕiḍwayni	الْعُضْوَيْنِ‎; الْعِضْوَيْنِ al-ʕuḍwayni‎; al-ʕiḍwayni	عُضْوَيْ‎; عِضْوَيْ ʕuḍway‎; ʕiḍway
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَعْضَاء ʔaʕḍāʔ	الْأَعْضَاء al-ʔaʕḍāʔ	أَعْضَاء ʔaʕḍāʔ
nominative	أَعْضَاءٌ ʔaʕḍāʔun	الْأَعْضَاءُ al-ʔaʕḍāʔu	أَعْضَاءُ ʔaʕḍāʔu
accusative	أَعْضَاءً ʔaʕḍāʔan	الْأَعْضَاءَ al-ʔaʕḍāʔa	أَعْضَاءَ ʔaʕḍāʔa
genitive	أَعْضَاءٍ ʔaʕḍāʔin	الْأَعْضَاءِ al-ʔaʕḍāʔi	أَعْضَاءِ ʔaʕḍāʔi

Derived terms

• عُضْوِيَّة (ʕuḍwiyya)
• عُضْوِيّ (ʕuḍwiyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: üzv
• → Ottoman Turkish: عضو (uzv)
  • Turkish: uzuv
• → Classical Persian: عُضْو (uzw)
  • Tajik: узв (uzv)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: उज़्व (uzva)

    Urdu: عُضْو ('uzv)

  • → Sindhi: عضوو (ʻẓoo)
  • → Uzbek: uzv

(via plural form أَعْضَاء (ʔaʕḍāʔ)):

• → Azerbaijani: əza
• → Bashkir: ағза (ağza)
• → Chagatai: اعضا (ʾʿżā)
  • Uyghur: ئەزا (eza)
  • Uzbek: aʼzo
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: आज़ा (āzā)

  Urdu: اَعْضَا (a'zā)

• → Kazakh: ағза (ağza)
• → Ottoman Turkish: اعضا
  • Turkish: aza
• → Classical Persian: اَعْضَا (a'zā)
• → Turkmen: agza

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “عضو”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُضْو (ʕuḍw).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈʔuzw/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊzw]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊzw]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊzw]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔuzw]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔozv]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔuzw]

Readings
Classical reading?	uzw
Dari reading?	uzw
Iranian reading?	ozv
Tajik reading?	uzv

Noun

عضو • (uzw / ozv) (plural اعضا (a'zâ), or عضوها (uzw-hā / ozv-hâ), Tajik spelling узв)

1. member

   Synonym: کارمند (kârmand)

   عضو خانواده ― ozv-e xânevâde ― family member

2. body organ

   Synonyms: آلت (âlat), اندام (andâm)

   • c. 1080, Kaykāwūs, Qābūs-nāma:

     بیماریهای وضع هم بر دو گونه است: یا عضو از جایگاه خویش زایل شود یا پیوند دیگر اعضا بفساد آورد.

     bēmār-hā-yi uzw ham bar du gōna ast: yā uzw az jāygāh-i xwēš zāyil šawad yā paywand-i dīgar a'zā be fasād āwarad.

     There are also two types of disease in the organs: either the organ becomes deficient in its own location, or its links with other organs become corrupted.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

3. (mathematics) member, element

   Synonym: عنصر (onsor)

Derived terms

• عضو شدن (ozv šodan)
• عضو کردن (ozv kardan)
• عضوی (ozvi)
• عضویت (ozviyyat)

Descendants

• Tajik: узв (uzv)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: उज़्व (uzva)

  Urdu: عُضْو ('uzv)

• → Sindhi: عضوو (ʻẓoo)
• → Uzbek: uzv

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُضْو (ʕuḍw).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʊzʋ/

Noun

عُضْو • (uzv) m (formal plural اعضا, Hindi spelling उज़्व)

1. member, organ

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884), “عضو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “عضو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.