زوج
ArabicEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Aramaic זוגא (zawgā, “yoke, pair”), from Ancient Greek ζεῦγος (zeûgos, “yoke”) which was used in Greek for the yoke of marriage – now it forms a root ز و ج (z-w-j).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
زَوْج • (zawj) m (plural أَزْوَاج (ʾazwāj))
- one of a pair
- spouse, mate, partner
- husband
- Synonym: بَعْل (baʿl)
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- قَدْ سَمِعَ ٱللَّٰهُ قَوْلَ ٱلَّتِي تُجَادِلُكَ فِي زَوْجِهَا وَتَشْتَكِي إِلَى ٱللَّٰهِ وَٱللَّٰهُ يَسْمَعُ تَحَاوُرَكُمَا إِنَّ ٱللَّٰهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ
- qad samiʿa llāhu qawla llatī tujādiluka fī zawjihā wataštakī ʾilā llāhi wal-lāhu yasmaʿu taḥāwurakumā ʾinna llāha samīʿun baṣīrun
- God has certainly heard the speech of her who pleads with you about her husband and complains to God. God hears the conversation between the two of you.
- (feminine) wife
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- فَقُلْنَا يَا آدَمُ إِنَّ هَٰذَا عَدُوٌّ لَّكَ وَلِزَوْجِكَ فَلَا يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ فَتَشْقَىٰ
- faqulnā yā ʾādamu ʾinna hāḏā ʿaduwwun llaka walizawjika falā yuḵrijannakumā mina l-jannati fatašqā
- We said, “O Adam! This is indeed an enemy of yours and your mate’s. So do not let him expel you from paradise, or you will be miserable.”
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- husband
- (often in the dual) a pair or couple
- هُمَا زَوْجَانِ
- humā zawjāni
- They two are a pair or couple.
- (now rare) kind, type
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- إِذَا رُجَّتِ الْأَرْضُ رَجًّا وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّا فَكَانَتْ هَبَاءً مُّنْبَثًّا وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَاجًا ثَلَاثَةً فَأَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ وَأَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ وَالسَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَ
- When the earth is shaken with convulsion / And the mountains are crushed, crumbling / And become dust dispersing / And ye become of three kinds: Then the companions of the right – what are the companions of the right? And the companions of the left – what are the companions of the left? And the forerunners, the forerunners!
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DeclensionEdit
Declension of noun زَوْج (zawj)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | زَوْج zawj |
الزَّوْج az-zawj |
زَوْج zawj |
Nominative | زَوْجٌ zawjun |
الزَّوْجُ az-zawju |
زَوْجُ zawju |
Accusative | زَوْجًا zawjan |
الزَّوْجَ az-zawja |
زَوْجَ zawja |
Genitive | زَوْجٍ zawjin |
الزَّوْجِ az-zawji |
زَوْجِ zawji |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | زَوْجَيْن zawjayn |
الزَّوْجَيْن az-zawjayn |
زَوْجَيْ zawjay |
Nominative | زَوْجَانِ zawjāni |
الزَّوْجَانِ az-zawjāni |
زَوْجَا zawjā |
Accusative | زَوْجَيْنِ zawjayni |
الزَّوْجَيْنِ az-zawjayni |
زَوْجَيْ zawjay |
Genitive | زَوْجَيْنِ zawjayni |
الزَّوْجَيْنِ az-zawjayni |
زَوْجَيْ zawjay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَزْوَاج ʾazwāj |
الْأَزْوَاج al-ʾazwāj |
أَزْوَاج ʾazwāj |
Nominative | أَزْوَاجٌ ʾazwājun |
الْأَزْوَاجُ al-ʾazwāju |
أَزْوَاجُ ʾazwāju |
Accusative | أَزْوَاجًا ʾazwājan |
الْأَزْوَاجَ al-ʾazwāja |
أَزْوَاجَ ʾazwāja |
Genitive | أَزْوَاجٍ ʾazwājin |
الْأَزْوَاجِ al-ʾazwāji |
أَزْوَاجِ ʾazwāji |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Maltese: żewġ
- → Azerbaijani: zövc
- → Ottoman Turkish: زوج (zevc)
- → Turkish: zevç
- → Persian: زوج (zowj)
- → Uzbek: zavj
Etymology 2Edit
Denominal verb derived from زَوْج (zawj, “pair”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
زَوَّجَ • (zawwaja) II, non-past يُزَوِّجُ (yuzawwiju)
- (ditransitive) to marry off, to give in marriage
- to pair, to couple, to join in pairs
- to double, to geminate
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of
زَوَّجَ
(form-II sound)verbal noun الْمَصْدَر |
tazwīj | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
muzawwij | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول |
muzawwaj | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | zawwajtu |
zawwajta |
زَوَّجَ zawwaja |
zawwajtumā |
zawwajā |
zawwajnā |
zawwajtum |
zawwajū | |||
f | zawwajti |
zawwajat |
zawwajatā |
zawwajtunna |
zawwajna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʾuzawwiju |
tuzawwiju |
yuzawwiju |
tuzawwijāni |
yuzawwijāni |
nuzawwiju |
tuzawwijūna |
yuzawwijūna | |||
f | tuzawwijīna |
tuzawwiju |
tuzawwijāni |
tuzawwijna |
yuzawwijna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʾuzawwija |
tuzawwija |
yuzawwija |
tuzawwijā |
yuzawwijā |
nuzawwija |
tuzawwijū |
yuzawwijū | |||
f | tuzawwijī |
tuzawwija |
tuzawwijā |
tuzawwijna |
yuzawwijna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʾuzawwij |
tuzawwij |
yuzawwij |
tuzawwijā |
yuzawwijā |
nuzawwij |
tuzawwijū |
yuzawwijū | |||
f | tuzawwijī |
tuzawwij |
tuzawwijā |
tuzawwijna |
yuzawwijna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر |
m | زَوِّجْ zawwij |
zawwijā |
zawwijū |
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f | zawwijī |
zawwijna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | zuwwijtu |
zuwwijta |
زُوِّجَ zuwwija |
zuwwijtumā |
zuwwijā |
zuwwijnā |
zuwwijtum |
zuwwijū | |||
f | zuwwijti |
zuwwijat |
zuwwijatā |
zuwwijtunna |
zuwwijna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʾuzawwaju |
tuzawwaju |
yuzawwaju |
tuzawwajāni |
yuzawwajāni |
nuzawwaju |
tuzawwajūna |
yuzawwajūna | |||
f | tuzawwajīna |
tuzawwaju |
tuzawwajāni |
tuzawwajna |
yuzawwajna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʾuzawwaja |
tuzawwaja |
yuzawwaja |
tuzawwajā |
yuzawwajā |
nuzawwaja |
tuzawwajū |
yuzawwajū | |||
f | tuzawwajī |
tuzawwaja |
tuzawwajā |
tuzawwajna |
yuzawwajna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʾuzawwaj |
tuzawwaj |
yuzawwaj |
tuzawwajā |
yuzawwajā |
nuzawwaj |
tuzawwajū |
yuzawwajū | |||
f | tuzawwajī |
tuzawwaj |
tuzawwajā |
tuzawwajna |
yuzawwajna |
ReferencesEdit
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 106
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 303
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 154–155
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “زوج”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “زوج”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
PersianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Arabic زَوْج (zawj). Doublet of یوغ (joğ, juğ, “yoke”), also related to جُفت (joft).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /zawd͡ʒ/
NounEdit
Dari | زوج |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | завҷ (zavj) |
زوج • (zowj)
- couple, pair
- Synonym: جُفت (joft)
- spouse, mate, partner
- Synonym: هَمسَر (hamsar)
- even number
- Antonym: فَرد (fard)
- (of days of the week) of which the Persian-language name begins with an even number
- Hyponyms: شَنبه (šanbe, “Saturday”), دوشَنبه (došanbe, “Monday”), چَهارشَنبه (čahâršambe, “Wednesday”)
- Antonym: فَرد (fard)
South Levantine ArabicEdit
Root |
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ز و ج |
Etymology 1Edit
From Arabic زَوَّجَ (zawwaja).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
زوّج • (zawwaj) (form II, present بزوّج (bizawwej))
- (transitive) to marry
- Synonym: أهّل (ʔahhal)
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of زوّج (zawwaj) | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | زوّجت (zawwajt) | زوّجت (zawwajt) | زوّج (zawwaj) | زوّجنا (zawwajna) | زوّجتو (zawwajtu) | زوّجو (zawwaju) | |
f | زوّجتي (zawwajti) | زوّجت (zawwajat) | ||||||
present | m | بزوّج (bazawwej) | بتزوّج (bitzawwej) | بزوّج (bizawwej) | منزوّج (minzawwej) | بتزوّجو (bitzawwju) | بزوّجو (bizawwju) | |
f | بتزوّجي (bitzawwji) | بتزوّج (bitzawwej) | ||||||
subjunctive | m | ازوّج (azawwej) | تزوّج (tzawwej) | يزوّج (yzawwej) | نزوّج (nzawwej) | تزوّجو (tzawwju) | يزوّجو (yzawwju) | |
f | تزوّجي (tzawwji) | تزوّج (tzawwej) | ||||||
imperative | m | زوّج (zawwej) | زوّجو (zawwju) | |||||
f | زوّجي (zawwji) |
Etymology 2Edit
Learned borrowing from Arabic زَوْج (zawj).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
زوج • (zōj) m (plural أزواج (ʔazwāj), feminine زوجة (zōje))