Arabic edit

Root
س و ي (s-w-y)

Etymology edit

Derived from the active participle of سَاوَى (sāwā, to equal).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

مُسَاوٍ (musāwin) (construct state مُسَاوِي (musāwī), feminine مُسَاوِيَة (musāwiya), masculine plural مُسَاوُونَ (musāwūna), feminine plural مُسَاوِيَات (musāwiyāt))

  1. equal, similar

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: müsavi
  • Ottoman Turkish: مساوی (müsavi)
  • Persian: مساوی
  • Uzbek: musoviy

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سوي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN