محو

Arabic

Root
م ح و (m-ḥ-w)

Etymology

Verbal noun of مَحَا (maḥā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maħw/

Noun

مَحْو • (maḥw) m

1. verbal noun of مَحَا (maḥā) (form I)
2. (uncountable) wiping, erasure
3. (uncountable) elimination

Declension

Declension of noun مَحْو (maḥw)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَحْو maḥw	الْمَحْو al-maḥw	مَحْو maḥw
Nominative	مَحْوٌ maḥwun	الْمَحْوُ al-maḥwu	مَحْوُ maḥwu
Accusative	مَحْوًا maḥwan	الْمَحْوَ al-maḥwa	مَحْوَ maḥwa
Genitive	مَحْوٍ maḥwin	الْمَحْوِ al-maḥwi	مَحْوِ maḥwi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məhv
• Kurdish:

  → Central Kurdish: مەفح (mefḧ)

• → Persian: محو (mahv)
• → Ottoman Turkish: محو (mahv)
  • Turkish: mahv, mahıv
• → Uzbek: mahv

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَحْو (maḥw).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mahw]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɦw]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɦw]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑːw]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäw]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæɦv]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɦw]

Readings
Classical reading?	mahw
Dari reading?	mahw
Iranian reading?	mahv
Tajik reading?	mahv

Noun

محو • (mahv)

1. erasure, effacement; wiping away