موز

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian 𐭬 𐭅 𐭆(mwc /mōč/), from Pali मोच (moca), then, according to Roger Blench, via Dravidian (compare Tamil மொட்டு (moṭṭu) (banana flower)) from (Austronesian) Dobel muɁu from (Trans-New-Guinea) Fataluku muɁu and lastly from Proto-Trans-New Guinea *mugu.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. banana

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Amharic: ሙዝ (muz)
    • Baiso: muze
    • Kachama-Ganjule: muz, muze
    • Sidamo: muuze
  • Middle Armenian: մոզ (moz)
  • Ge'ez: ሙዝ (muz)
  • Harari: ሙዝ (mūz)
  • Ottoman Turkish: موز(mevz, muz)
  • Persian: موز
  • Tigre: ሙዝ (muz)
  • Tigrinya: ሙዝ (muz)

References[edit]

  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.

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز(mawz).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [mɛvz], [mɛˈviz], [muz]

Noun[edit]

موز (mevz, meviz, muz)

  1. banana

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Persian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

(In Iranian Persian) Borrowed from Arabic مَوز(mawz), itself a borrowing from Middle Persian.

Otherwise Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭬 𐭅 𐭆(mwc /mōč/), from Pali मोच (moca), Derived from Dravidian (compare Tamil மொட்டு (moṭṭu) (banana flower)), possibly from Austronesian (see Dobel muɁu), from Trans-New-Guinea (see Fataluku muɁu) and lastly from Proto-Trans-New Guinea *mugu.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (dialectal, Hamadan) IPA(key): /mewz/

Noun[edit]

Dari کیله
Iranian Persian مُوز
Tajik банан (banan)

موز (mowz), plural موزها(mowz-hâ)

  1. (chiefly Iran or dated) banana

References[edit]

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

Shina[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

موز (moz)

  1. meat, flesh

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic مَوْز(mawz).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

  1. (uncountable) bananas

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Persian موز(môz), from Arabic مَوْز(mawz).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

مَوز (mauzm (Hindi spelling मौज़)

  1. a type of banana

References[edit]

  • موز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • موز”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.