موج

Arabic

Root
م و ج (m w j)
3 terms

Etymology

Compare Amharic ሞገድ (mogäd, “wave”).

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /mawd͡ʒ/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /maw.wa.d͡ʒa/

Noun

مَوْج • (mawj) m (collective, singulative مَوْجَة f (mawja), plural أَمْوَاج (ʔamwāj))

1. torrent, surge, waves

Declension

Declension of noun مَوْج (mawj)

collective	basic collective triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَوْج mawj	الْمَوْج al-mawj	مَوْج mawj
nominative	مَوْجٌ mawjun	الْمَوْجُ al-mawju	مَوْجُ mawju
accusative	مَوْجًا mawjan	الْمَوْجَ al-mawja	مَوْجَ mawja
genitive	مَوْجٍ mawjin	الْمَوْجِ al-mawji	مَوْجِ mawji
singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَوْجَة mawja	الْمَوْجَة al-mawja	مَوْجَة mawjat
nominative	مَوْجَةٌ mawjatun	الْمَوْجَةُ al-mawjatu	مَوْجَةُ mawjatu
accusative	مَوْجَةً mawjatan	الْمَوْجَةَ al-mawjata	مَوْجَةَ mawjata
genitive	مَوْجَةٍ mawjatin	الْمَوْجَةِ al-mawjati	مَوْجَةِ mawjati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَوْجَتَيْن mawjatayn	الْمَوْجَتَيْن al-mawjatayn	مَوْجَتَيْ mawjatay
nominative	مَوْجَتَانِ mawjatāni	الْمَوْجَتَانِ al-mawjatāni	مَوْجَتَا mawjatā
accusative	مَوْجَتَيْنِ mawjatayni	الْمَوْجَتَيْنِ al-mawjatayni	مَوْجَتَيْ mawjatay
genitive	مَوْجَتَيْنِ mawjatayni	الْمَوْجَتَيْنِ al-mawjatayni	مَوْجَتَيْ mawjatay
paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَوْجَات mawjāt	الْمَوْجَات al-mawjāt	مَوْجَات mawjāt
nominative	مَوْجَاتٌ mawjātun	الْمَوْجَاتُ al-mawjātu	مَوْجَاتُ mawjātu
accusative	مَوْجَاتٍ mawjātin	الْمَوْجَاتِ al-mawjāti	مَوْجَاتِ mawjāti
genitive	مَوْجَاتٍ mawjātin	الْمَوْجَاتِ al-mawjāti	مَوْجَاتِ mawjāti
plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَمْوَاج ʔamwāj	الْأَمْوَاج al-ʔamwāj	أَمْوَاج ʔamwāj
nominative	أَمْوَاجٌ ʔamwājun	الْأَمْوَاجُ al-ʔamwāju	أَمْوَاجُ ʔamwāju
accusative	أَمْوَاجًا ʔamwājan	الْأَمْوَاجَ al-ʔamwāja	أَمْوَاجَ ʔamwāja
genitive	أَمْوَاجٍ ʔamwājin	الْأَمْوَاجِ al-ʔamwāji	أَمْوَاجِ ʔamwāji

Descendants

• Maltese: mewġ
• → Azerbaijani: mövc
• → Chagatai: موج (mwj)
  • Uyghur: مەۋج (mewj)
  • Uzbek: mavj
• → Ottoman Turkish: موج (mevc)
  • Turkish: mevc
• → Pashto: موج
• → Persian: موج (mowj)
• → Punjabi: مَوْج (mauj)
• → Sindhi: مَوْجَ (mavja)
• → Urdu: مَوْج (mavj)

Verb

مَوَّجَ • (mawwaja) II (non-past يُمَوِّجُ (yumawwiju), verbal noun تَمْوِيج (tamwīj))

1. (transitive) to wave (the hair)
2. (transitive) to ripple

Conjugation

Conjugation of مَوَّجَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَمْوِيج)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَمْوِيج tamwīj
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُمَوِّج mumawwij
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُمَوَّج mumawwaj
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مَوَّجْتُ mawwajtu	مَوَّجْتَ mawwajta	مَوَّجَ mawwaja		مَوَّجْتُمَا mawwajtumā	مَوَّجَا mawwajā		مَوَّجْنَا mawwajnā	مَوَّجْتُمْ mawwajtum	مَوَّجُوا mawwajū
	f		مَوَّجْتِ mawwajti	مَوَّجَتْ mawwajat			مَوَّجَتَا mawwajatā			مَوَّجْتُنَّ mawwajtunna	مَوَّجْنَ mawwajna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُمَوِّجُ ʔumawwiju	تُمَوِّجُ tumawwiju	يُمَوِّجُ yumawwiju		تُمَوِّجَانِ tumawwijāni	يُمَوِّجَانِ yumawwijāni		نُمَوِّجُ numawwiju	تُمَوِّجُونَ tumawwijūna	يُمَوِّجُونَ yumawwijūna
	f		تُمَوِّجِينَ tumawwijīna	تُمَوِّجُ tumawwiju			تُمَوِّجَانِ tumawwijāni			تُمَوِّجْنَ tumawwijna	يُمَوِّجْنَ yumawwijna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُمَوِّجَ ʔumawwija	تُمَوِّجَ tumawwija	يُمَوِّجَ yumawwija		تُمَوِّجَا tumawwijā	يُمَوِّجَا yumawwijā		نُمَوِّجَ numawwija	تُمَوِّجُوا tumawwijū	يُمَوِّجُوا yumawwijū
	f		تُمَوِّجِي tumawwijī	تُمَوِّجَ tumawwija			تُمَوِّجَا tumawwijā			تُمَوِّجْنَ tumawwijna	يُمَوِّجْنَ yumawwijna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُمَوِّجْ ʔumawwij	تُمَوِّجْ tumawwij	يُمَوِّجْ yumawwij		تُمَوِّجَا tumawwijā	يُمَوِّجَا yumawwijā		نُمَوِّجْ numawwij	تُمَوِّجُوا tumawwijū	يُمَوِّجُوا yumawwijū
	f		تُمَوِّجِي tumawwijī	تُمَوِّجْ tumawwij			تُمَوِّجَا tumawwijā			تُمَوِّجْنَ tumawwijna	يُمَوِّجْنَ yumawwijna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		مَوِّجْ mawwij			مَوِّجَا mawwijā				مَوِّجُوا mawwijū
	f		مَوِّجِي mawwijī							مَوِّجْنَ mawwijna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مُوِّجْتُ muwwijtu	مُوِّجْتَ muwwijta	مُوِّجَ muwwija		مُوِّجْتُمَا muwwijtumā	مُوِّجَا muwwijā		مُوِّجْنَا muwwijnā	مُوِّجْتُمْ muwwijtum	مُوِّجُوا muwwijū
	f		مُوِّجْتِ muwwijti	مُوِّجَتْ muwwijat			مُوِّجَتَا muwwijatā			مُوِّجْتُنَّ muwwijtunna	مُوِّجْنَ muwwijna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُمَوَّجُ ʔumawwaju	تُمَوَّجُ tumawwaju	يُمَوَّجُ yumawwaju		تُمَوَّجَانِ tumawwajāni	يُمَوَّجَانِ yumawwajāni		نُمَوَّجُ numawwaju	تُمَوَّجُونَ tumawwajūna	يُمَوَّجُونَ yumawwajūna
	f		تُمَوَّجِينَ tumawwajīna	تُمَوَّجُ tumawwaju			تُمَوَّجَانِ tumawwajāni			تُمَوَّجْنَ tumawwajna	يُمَوَّجْنَ yumawwajna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُمَوَّجَ ʔumawwaja	تُمَوَّجَ tumawwaja	يُمَوَّجَ yumawwaja		تُمَوَّجَا tumawwajā	يُمَوَّجَا yumawwajā		نُمَوَّجَ numawwaja	تُمَوَّجُوا tumawwajū	يُمَوَّجُوا yumawwajū
	f		تُمَوَّجِي tumawwajī	تُمَوَّجَ tumawwaja			تُمَوَّجَا tumawwajā			تُمَوَّجْنَ tumawwajna	يُمَوَّجْنَ yumawwajna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُمَوَّجْ ʔumawwaj	تُمَوَّجْ tumawwaj	يُمَوَّجْ yumawwaj		تُمَوَّجَا tumawwajā	يُمَوَّجَا yumawwajā		نُمَوَّجْ numawwaj	تُمَوَّجُوا tumawwajū	يُمَوَّجُوا yumawwajū
	f		تُمَوَّجِي tumawwajī	تُمَوَّجْ tumawwaj			تُمَوَّجَا tumawwajā			تُمَوَّجْنَ tumawwajna	يُمَوَّجْنَ yumawwajna

Derived terms

• مَوَّاج (mawwāj)

Descendants

• Maltese: mewweġ

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْج (mawj).

Noun

موج • (mwj) (plural موجلار)

1. wave

Descendants

• Uyghur: مەۋج (mewj)
• Uzbek: mavj

Hijazi Arabic

Root
م و ج
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic مَوْج (mawj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːd͡ʒ/, [mo̞ːd͡ʒ]

Noun

موج • (mōj) m (collective, singulative موجة f (mōja), plural موجات (mōjāt) or أمواج (ʔamwāj))

1. torrent, surge, waves

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَوَّجَ (mawwaja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maw.wad͡ʒ/

Verb

مَوَّج • (mawwaj) II (non-past يِمَوِّج (yimawwij))

1. to mix up colors, to degrade colors

Conjugation

Conjugation of موج

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	موجت (mawwajt)	موجت (mawwajt)	موج (mawwaj)		موجنا (mawwajna)	موجتوا (mawwajtu)	موجوا (mawwaju)
	f		موجتي (mawwajti)	موجت (mawwajat)
non-past	m	أموج (ʔamawwij)	تموج (timawwij)	يموج (yimawwij)		نموج (nimawwij)	تموجوا (timawwiju)	يموجوا (yimawwiju)
	f		تموجي (timawwiji)	تموج (timawwij)
imperative	m		موج (mawwij)				موجوا (mawwiju)
	f		موجي (mawwiji)

Kashmiri

Etymology

From Sanskrit महल्लिका (mahallikā, “old, feeble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moːd͡ʒ]

Noun

موج • (mōj) f (Devanagari मोज)

1. mother

Alternative forms

• مٲج (mạ̄j)

Coordinate terms

• مول (mōl, “father”)
• بَب (bab, “father”)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
م و ج
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic مَوْج (mawj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːʒ/, /mawʒ/

Noun

موج • (mūj, mawj) m (collective, singulative موجة f (mūja, mawja), paucal موجات (mūjāt, mawjāt), plural مواج (mwāj))

1. waves

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْج (mawj, “wave”).

Noun

موج • (mevc) (plural امواج (emvac))

1. wave, billow, ripple, undulation, a regular movement in water

   Synonyms: تالاز (talaz), طالغه (dalga)

Derived terms

• موج خیز (mevc hiz, “rough (of the sea)”)
• موج دار (mevc dar, “undulating, wavy”)
• موج زن (mevc zen, “boisterous”)
• موجا موج (mevc-a mevc, “wavy, flowy”)

Descendants

• Turkish: mevc

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “mevc”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3179
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “mevc”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 758
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “موج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1242
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Unda”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1781
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “موج”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 5011
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “موج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2024

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْج (mawj).

Noun

موج • (transliteration needed) ?

1. wave

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْج (mawj).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäwd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäwd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäwd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäwd͡ʒ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mowd͡ʒ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäwd͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mawj
Dari reading?	mawj
Iranian reading?	mowj
Tajik reading?	mavj

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	موج
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мавҷ

موج • (mowj) (plural موج‌ها, or امواج (amvâj))

1. wave

   Synonyms: کوهه (kuhe), خیزاب (xizâb)

   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 1”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[6]:

     شب تاریک و بیم موج و گردابی چنین هایل
     کجا دانند حال ما سبکباران ساحل‌ها

     šab-i tārīk u bīm-i mawj u girdābē čunīn hāyil
     kujā dānand hāl-i mā sabukbārān-i sāhil-hā

     The dark night, the fear of waves, so terrifying a whirlpool!
     How can the lightly burdened on the coast know our condition?

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

   • c. 1400, Shams-i Maghribī, “Ghazal 9”, in دیوان شمس مغربی‎^[7]:

     اگر موجت از آن دریا درین صحرا کشد روزی
     چنانت غرقه گرداند که ناری یاد از صحرا

     agar mawj-at az ān daryā dar īn sahrā kušad rōzē
     čunān-at ġarqa gardānad ki n-ārī yād az sahrā

     If one day, the wave of that sea should kill you in this desert,
     It will drown you so much that you will remember nothing of the desert.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Related terms

• مواج (mavvâj)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْج (mawj).

Noun

مَوْج • (mauj) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੌਜ)

1. wave

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “مَوج”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْج (mawj).

Noun

مَوْجَ • (mauja) f (Devanagari मौज)

1. wave

Further reading

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “مَوْجَ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
• “موج”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م و ج
2 terms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic مَوْج (mawj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːʒ/, [moːʒ]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

موج • (mōj) m (collective, singulative موجة f (mōje), paucal موجات (mōjāt), plural أمواج (ʔamwāj))

1. waves

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْج (mawj).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɔːd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːd͡ʒ

Noun

مَوج • (mauj) f (Hindi spelling मौज)

1. a wave, surge, billow
2. whim, caprice
3. emotion, ecstasy
4. heaps, abundance, plenty

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884), “موج”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “موج”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “موج”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.