موز

See also: مور‎

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwc /mōč/), from Sanskrit मौच (mauca), then, according to Roger Blench, via Dravidian from Austronesian and lastly from Trans-New Guinea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mawz/
  • (Hejazi) IPA^(key): [mo̞ːz]

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

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

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2028b

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز‎ (mawz).

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /mawz/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /mowz/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /mavz/
• (dialectal, Hamadan) IPA^(key): /mewz/

Noun

Dari Persian	موز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мавз (mavz)

موز • (mowz) (plural موزها‎ (mowz-hâ))

1. banana

   Synonym: کیله‎ (kêla) (Dari)

References

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