وضوح

Arabic

Root
و ض ح (w ḍ ḥ)
12 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of وَضَحَ (waḍaḥa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wu.dˤuːħ/
• Rhymes: -uːħ

Noun

وُضُوح • (wuḍūḥ) m

1. verbal noun of وَضَحَ (waḍaḥa) (form I)
2. being visible, being clearly seen, clarity, clearness

Declension

Declension of noun وُضُوح (wuḍūḥ)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	وُضُوح wuḍūḥ	الْوُضُوح al-wuḍūḥ	وُضُوح wuḍūḥ
nominative	وُضُوحٌ wuḍūḥun	الْوُضُوحُ al-wuḍūḥu	وُضُوحُ wuḍūḥu
accusative	وُضُوحًا wuḍūḥan	الْوُضُوحَ al-wuḍūḥa	وُضُوحَ wuḍūḥa
genitive	وُضُوحٍ wuḍūḥin	الْوُضُوحِ al-wuḍūḥi	وُضُوحِ wuḍūḥi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: vüzuh
• → Ottoman Turkish: وضوح (vuzuh)
  • Turkish: vuzuh
• → Persian: وضوح (vozuh)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وُضُوح (wuḍūḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /wu.ˈzuːh/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wʊ.zuː], [wʊ.zoːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wʊ.zuː], [wʊ.zoːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wʊ.zuː], [wʊ.zoː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wu.zu], [wu.zʊː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vo.zuːʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vu.zuʱ], [vu.zɵʰ]

• Rhymes: -uːh

Readings
Classical reading?	wuzūh
Dari reading?	wuzū, wuzōh
Iranian reading?	vozuh
Tajik reading?	vuzuh, vuzüh

Noun

وضوح • (wuzūh / vozuh) (Tajik spelling вузуҳ, or вузӯҳ)

1. clarity

   Synonym: روشنی (rowšani)

2. resolution (of cameras, of images)

   وضوح تصویر ― vozuh-e tasvir ― image resolution

   وضوح دوربین ― vozuh-e durbin ― camera resolution

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “وضوح”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “وضوح”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.