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موز

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Arabic

Etymology

    Borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭬 𐭅 𐭆 (mwc /⁠mōz⁠/), from Sanskrit मोच (moca), then, according to Roger Blench, via Dravidian (compare Tamil மோத்தை (mōttai, banana flower)) from Malayo-Polynesian (compare Dobel muɁu, Manggarai muku) from Trans-New Guinea (compare Fataluku muɁu, Mosimo mugu), ultimately from Proto-Trans-New Guinea *mugu.[1]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    مَوْز (mawzm (collective, singulative مَوْزَة f (mawza))

    1. banana

    Declension

    Declension of noun مَوْز (mawz)
    collective basic collective triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal مَوْز
    mawz
    الْمَوْز
    al-mawz
    مَوْز
    mawz
    nominative مَوْزٌ
    mawzun
    الْمَوْزُ
    al-mawzu
    مَوْزُ
    mawzu
    accusative مَوْزًا
    mawzan
    الْمَوْزَ
    al-mawza
    مَوْزَ
    mawza
    genitive مَوْزٍ
    mawzin
    الْمَوْزِ
    al-mawzi
    مَوْزِ
    mawzi
    singulative singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
    indefinite definite construct
    informal مَوْزَة
    mawza
    الْمَوْزَة
    al-mawza
    مَوْزَة
    mawzat
    nominative مَوْزَةٌ
    mawzatun
    الْمَوْزَةُ
    al-mawzatu
    مَوْزَةُ
    mawzatu
    accusative مَوْزَةً
    mawzatan
    الْمَوْزَةَ
    al-mawzata
    مَوْزَةَ
    mawzata
    genitive مَوْزَةٍ
    mawzatin
    الْمَوْزَةِ
    al-mawzati
    مَوْزَةِ
    mawzati
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal مَوْزَتَيْن
    mawzatayn
    الْمَوْزَتَيْن
    al-mawzatayn
    مَوْزَتَيْ
    mawzatay
    nominative مَوْزَتَانِ
    mawzatāni
    الْمَوْزَتَانِ
    al-mawzatāni
    مَوْزَتَا
    mawzatā
    accusative مَوْزَتَيْنِ
    mawzatayni
    الْمَوْزَتَيْنِ
    al-mawzatayni
    مَوْزَتَيْ
    mawzatay
    genitive مَوْزَتَيْنِ
    mawzatayni
    الْمَوْزَتَيْنِ
    al-mawzatayni
    مَوْزَتَيْ
    mawzatay
    paucal (3-10) sound feminine paucal
    indefinite definite construct
    informal مَوْزَات
    mawzāt
    الْمَوْزَات
    al-mawzāt
    مَوْزَات
    mawzāt
    nominative مَوْزَاتٌ
    mawzātun
    الْمَوْزَاتُ
    al-mawzātu
    مَوْزَاتُ
    mawzātu
    accusative مَوْزَاتٍ
    mawzātin
    الْمَوْزَاتِ
    al-mawzāti
    مَوْزَاتِ
    mawzāti
    genitive مَوْزَاتٍ
    mawzātin
    الْمَوْزَاتِ
    al-mawzāti
    مَوْزَاتِ
    mawzāti

    Descendants

    • Hijazi Arabic: موز (mōz)
    • Amharic: ሙዝ (muz)
    • Middle Armenian: մոզ (moz)
    • Ge'ez: ሙዝ (muz)
    • Harari: ሙዝ (mūz)
    • Hebrew: מוז (moz)
    • Ottoman Turkish: موز (mevz, muz)
    • Classical Persian: مَوْز (mawz)
    • Swahili: mazu
    • Tigre: ሙዝ (muz)
    • Tigrinya: ሙዝ (muz)

    References

    1. ^ Blench, Roger (2016) “Things your classics master never told you: a borrowing from Trans New Guinea languages into Latin”, in Academia.edu[1], Academia, Inc.
    • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “mōz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

    Chagatai

    Etymology

    From Proto-Turkic *būŕ.

    Noun

    موز (muz) (plural موزلار)

    1. ice

    Descendants

    Hijazi Arabic

    Etymology

    From Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    موز (mōzm (collective, singulative موزة f (mōza), plural موزات (mōzāt))

    1. (collective) banana

    Ottoman Turkish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [mɛvz], [mɛˈviz], [muz]

    Noun

    موز (mevz, meviz, muz)

    1. banana

    Descendants

    References

    Persian

    Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

    (In Iranian Persian and Tajik) Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz), itself a borrowing from Middle Persian.

    Otherwise Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭬 𐭅 𐭆 (mwc /⁠mōč⁠/), from Sanskrit मोच (moca), derived from Dravidian (compare Tamil மோத்தை (mōttai, banana flower), from Malayo-Polynesian (see Dobel muɁu, Manggarai muku), from Trans-New Guinea (see Fataluku muɁu, Mosimo mugu) and lastly from Proto-Trans-New Guinea *mugu.

    Pronunciation

     
     

    Readings
    Classical reading? mōz, mawz
    Dari reading? mōz
    Iranian reading? mowz
    Tajik reading? mavz

    Noun

    Dari کیله
    Iranian Persian مُوز
    Tajik банан, мавз

    موز (mowz) (plural موزها)

    1. (chiefly Iran or dated) banana

    References

    • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “mōz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

    Shina

    Etymology

    Inherited from Sanskrit मांस (māṁsá).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    موز (moz)

    1. meat, flesh

    Further reading

    South Levantine Arabic

    Etymology

    From Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /moːz/, [moːz]
    • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

    Noun

    موز (mōzm (collective, singulative موزة f (mōze), paucal موزات (mōzāt))

    1. (uncountable) bananas

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian مَوْز (mawz), from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    مَوز (mauzm (Hindi spelling मौज़)

    1. a type of banana

    References

    • موز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    • موز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.