موز

See also: مور

Arabic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Persian 𐭬 𐭅 𐭆 (m 𐭅 𐭆)bor.

Arabic موز

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mawz/

Noun

مَوْز • (mawz) m (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)
  • → Baiso: muze
  • → Kachama-Ganjule: muz, muze
  • → Sidamo: muuze
• → Middle Armenian: մոզ (moz)
• → Ge'ez: ሙዝ (muz)
• → Harari: ሙዝ (mūz)
• → Hebrew: מוז (moz)
• → Ottoman Turkish: موز (mevz, muz)
  • Turkish: muz
• → Classical Persian: مَوْز (mawz)
  • Iranian Persian: مُوز (mowz)
• → Swahili: mazu
• → Tigre: ሙዝ (muz)
• → Tigrinya: ሙዝ (muz)

References

• 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

• Uyghur: مۇز (muz)
• Uzbek: muz

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːz/, [mo̞ːz]

Noun

موز • (mōz) m (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

• Turkish: muz

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “موز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2028b

Persian

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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [moːz], [mawz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [moːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [moːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [moːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mʊːz]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mowz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mowz]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [moːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäwz]

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /moːz/

Noun

موز (moz)

1. meat, flesh

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “māṁsá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːz/, [moːz]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

موز • (mōz) m (collective, singulative موزة f (mōze), paucal موزات (mōzāt))

1. (uncountable) bananas

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɔːz/

Noun

مَوز • (mauz) m (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.