Moon

See also: moon and mo-on

English

The Moon's astronomical symbol

The Earth's moon.

The Moon (waning crescent)

The Moon (full)

Alternative forms

• moon

Etymology

From Middle English Mone, mone, from Old English mōna, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”)

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -uːn

Proper noun

Moon

2. The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
3. (paganism) A personification of the moon.
   • 1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, Anglo-Saxon Books, →ISBN, page 15:

     Moon, the companion of Night, waxes and wanes, and we call this time a month.

   • 2005, Falcon Stow, An Anglo-Saxon Almanac, privately published, page 13:

     Moon's Day.

   • 2005, Diana Paxson, Taking up the Runes, Weiser Books, →ISBN, page 328:

     Sun come, Moon come, Seed time, dry time, fog and rain, Sowing, growing, reaping, resting, Sun come, Moon come, etc.

4. A surname​.
6. The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Synonyms

• (Earth's moon): Luna

Translations

sole natural satellite of the Earth

• Abkhaz: Амза (Āmzā)
• Afrikaans: Maan, maan (af)
• Albanian: Hënë f, hënë (sq) f
• Amharic: ጨረቃ (č̣äräḳa)
• Arabic: قَمَر‎ (ar) m (qamar)

  Egyptian Arabic: قمر‎ m (ʾamar)

• Aramaic:

  Hebrew: סהרא‎ c (sahrā, sahro)

  Syriac: ܣܗܪܐ‎ c (sahrā, sahro), ܣܝܢܐ‎ m (sīnā)

• Armenian: Լուսին (hy) (Lusin)
• Assamese: জোন (zün)
• Asturian: Lluna (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Ay (az), ay (az), qəmər
• Bashkir: Ай (Ay), ай (ay)
• Belarusian: Ме́сяц m (Mjésjac), ме́сяц (be) m (mjésjac), Луна́ f (Luná)
• Bengali: চাঁদ (bn) (cãdô)
• Bulgarian: Луна́ f (Luná), луна́ (bg) f (luná)
• Burmese: လ (my) (la.)
• Catalan: lluna (ca) f
• Chechen: Бутт (Butt)
• Cherokee: ᏒᏃᏱᎡᎯᏅᏙ (svnoyiehinvdo)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 月亮 (jyut⁶ loeng⁶), 月 (yue) (jyut⁶), 月球 (jyut⁶ kau⁴)

  Mandarin: 月亮 (zh) (yuèliàng), 月 (zh) (yuè), 月球 (zh) (yuèqiú)

  Min Nan: 月娘 (zh-min-nan) (goe̍h-niû, ge̍h-niû), 月亮 (goe̍h-liāng), 月 (zh-min-nan) (goe̍h, ge̍h), 月 (zh-min-nan) (gua̍t), 月球 (go̍eh-kiû, ge̍h-kiû)

• Czech: Měsíc (cs) m
• Danish: Månen (da) c
• Dhivehi: ހަނދު‎ (dv) (haⁿdu)
• Dutch: maan (nl) f, Maan (nl) f
• Dzongkha: ཟླ་བ (zla ba)
• Esperanto: Luno (eo)
• Estonian: Kuu (et), kuu (et)
• Ewe: dzinu n, ɣleti n
• Faroese: mánin (fo) m
• Finnish: Kuu (fi)
• French: lune (fr) f, Lune (fr) f
• Galician: Lúa (gl) f
• Georgian: მთვარე (ka) (mtvare)
• German: Mond (de) m, Erdtrabant (de) m, Erdsatellit m
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 m (mēna)
• Greek: σελήνη (el) f (selíni), φεγγάρι (el) n (fengári)

  Ancient: ἀγαθή τύχη f (agathḗ túkhē)

• Guerrero Amuzgo: chi'
• Gujarati: ચંદ્ર (gu) (candra)
• Hausa: Wata
• Hebrew: יָרֵחַ‎ (he) m (yaréakh), לְבָנָה‎ (he) f (l'vaná)
• Hindi: चन्द्रमा (hi) m (candramā), चंद्रमा (hi) m (candramā), चांद m (cānd), चंद्र (hi) m (candra)
• Hungarian: hold (hu)
• Icelandic: tungl (is) n, máni (is) m
• Ido: luno (io)
• Indonesian: bulan (id), rembulan (id)
• Irish: Ghealach
• Isthmus Zapotec: beeu
• Italian: Luna (it) f
• Japanese: 月 (ja) (つき, tsukí), ムーン (Mūn)
• Kabardian: Мазэ (Māză)
• Kannada: ಚಂದ್ರ (kn) (candra)
• Kapampangan: bulan
• Karok: ikxarámkuusra
• Kashubian: Miesądz m
• Kazakh: Ай (Ay), ай (ay)
• Khmer: ច័ន្ទ (cɑn), ខែ (km) (khae)
• Korean: 달 (ko) (dal), 월 (ko) (wol) (月 (ko)), 문 (ko) (Mun)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مانگ‎ (ku) (mang)

  Northern Kurdish: heyv (ku), hîv (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Ай (Ay), ай (ky) (ay)
• Lakota: haŋwí
• Lao: ຈັນ (chan)
• Latin: luna (la) f
• Latvian: mēness (lv) m, Mēness m
• Lithuanian: mėnulis (lt) m
• Macedonian: Месечина f (Mesečina), месечина f (mesečina)
• Malay: bulan (ms)

• Malayalam: ചന്ദ്രന്‍ (candran‍), തിങ്കള്‍ (tiṅkaḷ‍)
• Maltese: qamar (mt) m
• Marathi: चंद्र (candra)
• Maricopa: xlyʼa
• Miskito: kati
• Mongolian: Сар (Sar), сар (mn) (sar)
• Navajo: ooljééʼ
• Nepali: चन्द्रमा (ne) (candramā)
• Ngarrindjeri: Markeri
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: måne (no) m

  Nynorsk: måne (nn) m

• O'odham: maṣad
• Occitan: luna (oc) f
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Мѣсѧць m (Měsęcĭ)

• Old English: mōna m
• Old Occitan: luna
• Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (māha)
• Oriya: ଜହ୍ନ (or) (jôhnô)
• Ossetian: Мӕй (Mæj)
• Pashto: سپوږمۍ‎ (ps) f (spoģmëy), قمر‎ (ps) m (qamar)
• Persian: ماه‎ (fa) (mâh), قمر‎ (fa) (qamar)
• Polish: Księżyc (pl) m
• Portuguese: Lua (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਚੰਦਰਮਾ (candramā)
• Rapa Nui: mahina
• Rohingya: san
• Romani: shon
• Romanian: lună (ro) f
• Russian: Луна́ (ru) f (Luná), луна́ (ru) f (luná), ме́сяц (ru) m (mésjac)
• Rusyn: Мі́сяць m (Mísjacʹ)
• Saanich: ȽḴÁL¸J
• Sanskrit: चन्द्र (sa) m (candra)
• Scots: Mune
• Scottish Gaelic: Gealach f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Мје̏се̄ц m, Ме̏се̄ц m

  Roman: Mjȅsēc (sh) m, Mȅsēc (sh) m

• Sindhi: چَنڊُ‎ m (chandu)
• Sinhalese: චන්ද්‍රයා (candrayā)
• Slovak: Mesiac (sk) m, mesiac (sk) m
• Slovene: Lúna (sl) m, Mésec (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: Měsačk m

• Southern Altai: Ай (Ay)
• Spanish: Luna (es) f
• Swahili: mwezi (sw)
• Swedish: månen (sv) c (definite singular), måne (sv) c
• Tagalog: buwan (tl), Bulan
• Tajik: Моҳ (Moh), моҳ (tg) (moh), қамар (qamar)
• Tamil: நிலா (ta) (nilā)
• Tatar: Ай (Ay), ай (tt) (ay)
• Telugu: చంద్రుడు (te) (candruḍu), చందమామ (te) (candamāma)
• Thai: ดวงจันทร์ (duuang-jan)
• Tibetan: ཟླ་བ (zla ba)
• Tupinambá: jassy
• Turkish: Ay (tr), kamer (tr) (dated)
• Turkmen: Aý, aý (tk)
• Ukrainian: Мі́сяць (uk) m (Mísjacʹ), мі́сяць (uk) m (mísjacʹ)
• Urdu: چاند‎ m (ćānd), چندرما‎ m (ćandrmā), چندرماں‎ (candramān), ماہ‎ (māh), قمر‎ (qamar)
• Ute: (i) ^{(please verify)} mi'jarogopic (Chemehuevi)
• Uyghur: ئاي‎ (ug) (ay)
• Uzbek: Oy, oy (uz)
• Vietnamese: mặt trăng (vi), Mặt trăng
• Warlpiri: pira
• Welsh: lleuad (cy), lloer (cy)
• Western Apache: tłʼéʼgonaʼáí
• Yakut: Ый (Iy)
• Yiddish: לבֿנה‎ f (levone), לעוואָנע‎ f (levone)
• Zhuang: Ronghndwen

54th sura of the Qur'an

• Arabic: سُورَةُ الْقَمَر‎ f (sūratu l-qamar)
• Russian: Аль-Ка́мар m (Alʹ-Kámar)

• Uyghur: قەمەر‎ (qemer)

surname

• Japanese: 文 (ja), 門 (ja), ムン

• Korean: 문 (ko) (mun)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Central Sierra Miwok: kom'é-

See also

• (moon of Earth) Luna/‎Moon/‎moon ^[edit]

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Anagrams

• Mono, OMON, mono, mono-, nomo-