Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Morphologically from the root و ض ع (w-ḍ-ʕ).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

تَوَاضَعَ (tawāḍaʕa) VI, non-past يَتَوَاضَعُ‎ (yatawāḍaʕu)

  1. to be humble
  2. to behave humbly and modestly
  3. (reciprocal) to agree (عَلَى (ʕalā) on)
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Morphologically from the root و ض ع (w-ḍ-ʕ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

تَوَاضُع (tawāḍuʕm

  1. verbal noun of تَوَاضَعَ (tawāḍaʕa) (form VI)
  2. humility
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Azerbaijani: təvazö
  • Ottoman Turkish: تواضع
  • Persian: تواضع (tavâzo')
  • Uzbek: tavoze

Ottoman Turkish edit

Noun edit

تواضع (tevazu)

  1. humility

Descendants edit

References edit

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic تَوَاضُع (tawāḍuʕ).

Noun edit

تواضع (tavâzo')

  1. humility