Arabic

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Etymology

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Denominal verb of دُوزَان (dūzān).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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دَوْزَنَ (dawzana) Iq, non-past يُدَوْزِنُ‎ (yudawzinu)

  1. to tune, to fine-tune, to attune, to retune (an instrument or transferred)

Conjugation

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “دوزن”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 307

Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From دوزـ (düz-, to arrange, to form, to make etc.) +‎ ـن (-en).

Noun

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دوزن (düzen)

  1. order, arrangement
  2. (music) accord, harmony
  3. embellishment, decoration

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Further reading

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  • Zenker, Julius Theodor (1866) “دوزن”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 1 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 439b

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic دَوْزَنَ (dawzana) or of equal relation to its Ottoman Turkish etymon.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /doː.zan/, [ˈdoː.zan]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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دوزن (dōzan) Iq (present بدوزن (bidōzen))

  1. to tune (an instrument)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of دوزن (dōzan)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m دوزنت (dōzant) دوزنت (dōzant) دوزن (dōzan) دوزننا (dōzanna) دوزنتو (dōzantu) دوزنو (dōzanu)
f دوزنتي (dōzanti) دوزنت (dōzanat)
present m بدوزن (badōzen) بتدوزن (bitdōzen) بدوزن (bidōzen) مندوزن (mindōzen) بتدوزنو (bitdōznu) بدوزنو (bidōznu)
f بتدوزني (bitdōzni) بتدوزن (bitdōzen)
subjunctive m ادوزن (adōzen) تدوزن (tdōzen) يدوزن (ydōzen) ندوزن (ndōzen) تدوزنو (tdōznu) يدوزنو (ydōznu)
f تدوزني (tdōzni) تدوزن (tdōzen)
imperative m دوزن (dōzen) دوزنو (dōznu)
f دوزني (dōzni)