مژده

See also: مردة, مردہ, and مرده

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُژْدَه (mužda, “good news”), from Parthian 𐫖𐫇𐫋𐫅𐫃 (mwjdg /⁠muždag⁠/, “(good) news, message”), from Proto-Iranian *miždám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *miždʰám, from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰós. Related to Classical Persian مُزْد (muzd).

Noun

مژده • (müjde) (definite accusative مژده‌یی (müjdeyi), plural مژده‌لر (müjdeler))

1. good news, glad tidings, something or someone pleasant, fortunate, or otherwise positive

   Synonym: تباشیر (tebâşir)

Derived terms

• مژده ایتمك (müjde etmek, “to communicate good news”)
• مژده‌جی (müjdeci, “messenger carrying good news”)
• مژده‌رس (müjderes, “messenger carrying good news”)
• مژده‌رسان (müjderesân, “messenger carrying good news”)
• مژده‌لك (müjdelik, “gift given to a messenger”)
• مژده‌لمك (müjdelemek, “to communicate good news”)

Descendants

• Turkish: müjde
• → Armenian: միւժտէ (miwžtē), մուժդա̈ (muždä)

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “مژده”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 756
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “müjde”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3358
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “müjde”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 854
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مژده”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1157a
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Evangelium”, 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 483
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “مژده”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4598
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “müjde”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مژده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1825

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Parthian 𐫖𐫇𐫋𐫅𐫃 (mwjdg /⁠muždag⁠/, “(good) news, message”), from Proto-Iranian *miždám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *miždʰám, from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰós. Related to مُزْد (muzd).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /muʒ.ˈda/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊʒ.d̪ä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊʒ.d̪ä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊʒ.d̪ä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muʒ.d̪ä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moʒ.d̪e]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muʒ.d̪ä]

Readings
Classical reading?	mužda
Dari reading?	mužda
Iranian reading?	možde
Tajik reading?	mužda

Noun

مژده • (mužda / možde) (Tajik spelling мужда)

1. good news; joyful tidings

   Synonyms: نوید (nawīd / navid), بشارت (bišārat / bešârat)

   • 1975, “منتظر [Awaiter]”, performed by Googoosh:

     درا رو وا می‌کنم، پنجره‌ها رو می‌شکنم
     مژده دیدنشو، تو کوچه‌ها جار می‌زنم

     darâ ro vâ mikonam, panjere-hâ ro mišekanam
     možde-ye didanešo, tu kuče-hâ jâr mizanam

     I'll open the doors, I'll break the windows
     The good news of seeing him I will proclaim in the alleys

2. gladness; joy

Derived terms

• > Tajik: мужда (mužda) (inherited)
• → Azerbaijani: müjdə
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: मुझ़्दा (muźdā)
  • Urdu: مُژْدَہ (muźda)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مژده (müjde)
  • Turkish: müjde
  • → Armenian: միւժտէ (miwžtē), մուժդա̈ (muždä)

Proper noun

مژده • (mužda / možde) (Tajik spelling Мужда)

1. a female given name, Mozhdeh, Muzhda, or Mozhda, from Parthian