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اِزْدِوَاج (izdiwājm

  1. verbal noun of اِزْدَوَجَ (izdawaja) (form VIII)

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  • Azerbaijani: izdivac
  • Classical Persian: ازدواج (izdiwāj)
  • Turkish: izdivaç

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Etymology edit

From Arabic اِزْدِوَاج (izdiwāj).

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Readings
Classical reading? izdiwāj
Dari reading? izdiwāj
Iranian reading? ezdevâj
Tajik reading? izdivoj

Noun edit

Dari ازدواج
Iranian Persian
Tajik издивоҷ

اِزدِواج (ezdevâj) (plural اِزدِواج‌ها (ezdevâj-hâ))

  1. marriage
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 3428:
      حکمتی که بود حق را ز ازدواج گشت حاصل از نیاز و از لجاج
      hekmat-i ke bud haqq-râ z-ezdevâj gašt hâsel az niyâz o az lejâj.
      The providential purpose that God had—namely, humble supplication or obstinate contumacy—was fulfilled by means of the marriage [of body and spirit].

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian ازدواج (izdiwāj), from Arabic اِزْدِوَاج (izdiwāj).

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ازدواج (izdivājm (Hindi spelling इज़्दिवाज)

  1. marriage
  2. wedding