Moon

Moon

See also: moon, mo-on, mòòn, and Möön

English

The Moon's astronomical/astrological symbol (often reversed)

The Earth's moon

The Moon (waning crescent)

The Moon (full)

Alternative forms

• moon

Etymology

From Middle English Mone, mone, from Old English mōna, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -uːn

Proper noun

Moon

1. The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
2. (paganism) A personification of the moon.
   • 1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, Anglo-Saxon Books, →ISBN, page 15:

     Moon, the companion of Night, waxes and wanes, and we call this time a month.

   • 2005, Falcon Stow, An Anglo-Saxon Almanac, privately published, page 13:

     Moon's Day.

   • 2005, Diana Paxson, Taking up the Runes, Weiser Books, →ISBN, page 328:

     Sun come, Moon come, Seed time, dry time, fog and rain, Sowing, growing, reaping, resting, Sun come, Moon come, etc.

3. A surname.
4. The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Synonyms

• (Earth's moon): (literary) Cynthia, Luna, (poetic) Selene
• (astronomy, astrology): ☾, ☽

Derived terms

(Earth's moon):

• Moon buggy
• Moonless
• Moonman

(surname):

• Laurence-Moon syndrome
• Moonie

Translations

sole natural satellite of the Earth

Abkhaz: Амза (Amza) Afrikaans: Maan, maan (af) Albanian: Hënë f, hënë (sq) f Amharic: ጨረቃ (am) (č̣äräḳa) Arabic: قَمَر‎ (ar) m (qamar) Egyptian Arabic: قمر‎ m (ʾamar) Aramaic: Hebrew: סהרא‎ c (sahrā, sahro) Syriac: ܣܗܪܐ‎ c (sahrā, sahro), ܣܝܢܐ‎ m (sīnā) Armenian: Լուսին (hy) (Lusin) Assamese: জোন (zün) Asturian: Lluna (ast) f Azerbaijani: Ay (az), ay (az), qəmər Bashkir: Ай (Ay), ай (ay) Bats: ბუთთ (butt) Belarusian: Ме́сяц m (Mjésjac), ме́сяц (be) m (mjésjac), Луна́ f (Luná) Bengali: চাঁদ (bn) (cãd) Bulgarian: Луна́ f (Luná), луна́ (bg) f (luná) Burmese: လ (my) (la.) Catalan: lluna (ca) f Chechen: бутт (butt) Cherokee: ᏒᏃᏱᎡᎯᏅᏙ (svnoyiehinvdo) Chinese: Cantonese: 月亮 (jyut6 loeng6), 月 (yue) (jyut6), 月球 (jyut6 kau4) Dungan: Йүәлён (Yüəli͡on), Йүәр (Yüər), Йүә (Yüə), Тяндын (Ti͡andɨn) Mandarin: 月亮 (zh) (yuèliàng), 月 (zh) (yuè), 月球 (zh) (yuèqiú), 天燈／天灯 (zh) (Tiāndēng) Min Nan: 月娘 (zh-min-nan) (goe̍h-niû, ge̍h-niû), 月亮 (goe̍h-liāng), 月 (zh-min-nan) (goe̍h, ge̍h), 月 (zh-min-nan) (gua̍t), 月球 (go̍eh-kiû, ge̍h-kiû) Czech: Měsíc (cs) m Danish: Månen (da) c Dhivehi: ހަނދު‎ (dv) (haⁿdu) Dutch: maan (nl) f, Maan (nl) f Dzongkha: ཟླ་བ (zla ba) Esperanto: Luno (eo) Estonian: Kuu (et), kuu (et) Ewe: dzinu n, ɣleti n Faroese: mánin (fo) m Finnish: Kuu (fi) French: lune (fr) f, Lune (fr) f Galician: Lúa (gl) f Georgian: მთვარე (ka) (mtvare) German: Mond (de) m, Erdtrabant (de) m, Erdsatellit m Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 m (mēna) Greek: σελήνη (el) f (selíni), φεγγάρι (el) n (fengári) Ancient: ἀγαθή τύχη f (agathḗ túkhē) Guerrero Amuzgo: chi' Gujarati: ચંદ્ર (gu) (candra) Hausa: Wata (ha) Hebrew: יָרֵחַ‎ (he) m (yaréakh), לְבָנָה‎ (he) f (l'vaná) Hindi: चन्द्रमा (hi) m (candramā), चंद्रमा (hi) m (candramā), चांद m (cānd), चंद्र (hi) m (candra) Hungarian: Hold (hu) Icelandic: tungl (is) n, máni (is) m Ido: luno (io) Indonesian: bulan (id), rembulan (id) Ingush: бутт (butt) Irish: Ghealach Isthmus Zapotec: beeu Italian: Luna (it) f Japanese: 月 (ja) (つき, tsukí), ムーン (Mūn) Kabardian: Мазэ (Maaze) Kannada: ಚಂದ್ರ (kn) (candra) Kapampangan: bulan Karok: ikxarámkuusra Kashubian: Miesądz m Kazakh: Ай (Ai), ай (ai) Khmer: ច័ន្ទ (can), ខែ (km) (khae) Korean: 달 (ko) (dal), 월(月) (ko) (wol), 문 (ko) (Mun) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: مانگ‎ (ku) (mang) Northern Kurdish: heyv (ku), hîv (ku) Kyrgyz: Ай (Ay), ай (ky) (ay) Lakota: haŋwí Lao: ຈັນ (chan) Latin: luna (la) f Latvian: mēness (lv) m, Mēness m Laz: თუთა (tuta) Lithuanian: mėnulis (lt) m Macedonian: Месечина f (Mesečina), месечина f (mesečina) Malay: bulan (ms) Malayalam: ചന്ദ്രൻ (candraṉ), തിങ്കൾ (tiṅkaḷ) Maltese: qamar (mt) m Marathi: चंद्र (candra) Maricopa: xlyʼa Mingrelian: თუთა (tuta) Miskito: kati Mongolian: Cyrillic: Сар (Sar), сар (mn) (sar) Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠷᠠ (sara) Navajo: ooljééʼ Nepali: चन्द्रमा (ne) (candramā) Ngarrindjeri: Markeri Norwegian: Bokmål: måne (no) m Nynorsk: måne (nn) m O'odham: maṣad Occitan: luna (oc) f Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: мѣсѧць m (měsęcĭ) Old East Slavic: мѣсѧць m (měsęcĭ) Old English: mōna m Old Occitan: luna Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (māha) Oriya: ଜହ୍ନ (or) (jôhnô) Ossetian: Мӕй (Mæj) Pashto: سپوږمۍ‎ (ps) f (spoģmëy), قمر‎ (ps) m (qamar) Persian: ماه‎ (fa) (mâh), قمر‎ (fa) (qamar) Polish: Księżyc (pl) m Portuguese: Lua (pt) f Punjabi: ਚੰਦਰਮਾ (candramā) Rapa Nui: mahina Rohingya: san Romani: ćhon m Romanian: lună (ro) f Russian: Луна́ (ru) f (Luná), луна́ (ru) f (luná), ме́сяц (ru) m (mésjac) Rusyn: Мі́сяць m (Mísjacʹ) Saanich: ȽḴÁL¸J Sanskrit: चन्द्र (sa) m (candra) Scots: Mune Scottish Gaelic: Gealach f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Ме̏се̄ц m, Мје̏се̄ц m Roman: Mȅsēc (sh) m, Mjȅsēc (sh) m Sindhi: چَنڊُ‎ (sd) m (chandu) Sinhalese: චන්ද්‍රයා (candrayā) Slovak: Mesiac (sk) m, mesiac (sk) m Slovene: Lúna (sl) m, Mésec (sl) m Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: Měsačk m Southern Altai: Ай (Ay) Spanish: Luna (es) f Svan: დოშდულ (došdul) Swahili: mwezi (sw) Swedish: månen (sv) c (definite singular), måne (sv) c Tagalog: buwan (tl), Bulan Tajik: Моҳ (Moh), моҳ (tg) (moh), қамар (qamar) Tamil: நிலா (ta) (nilā), திங்கள் (ta) (tiṅkaḷ) Tatar: Ай (Ay), ай (tt) (ay) Telugu: చంద్రుడు (te) (candruḍu), చందమామ (te) (candamāma) Thai: ดวงจันทร์ (duuang-jan) Tibetan: ཟླ་བ (zla ba) Tupinambá: jassy Turkish: Ay (tr), kamer (tr) (dated) Turkmen: Aý, aý (tk) Ukrainian: Мі́сяць (uk) m (Mísjacʹ), мі́сяць (uk) m (mísjacʹ) Urdu: چاند‎ m (ćānd), چندرما‎ m (ćandrmā), چندرماں‎ (candramān), ماہ‎ (māh), قمر‎ (qamar) Ute: (i) (please verify) mi'jarogopic (Chemehuevi) Uyghur: ئاي‎ (ug) (ay) Uzbek: Oy, oy (uz) Vietnamese: mặt trăng (vi), Mặt trăng Warlpiri: pira Welsh: lleuad (cy), lloer (cy) Western Apache: tłʼéʼgonaʼáí Yakut: Ый (Iy) Yiddish: לבֿנה‎ f (levone), לעוואָנע‎ f (levone) Zhuang: Ronghndwen

54th sura of the Qur'an

Arabic: سُورَةُ الْقَمَر‎ f (sūratu l-qamar) Russian: Аль-Ка́мар m (Alʹ-Kámar) Uyghur: قەمەر‎ (qemer)

surname

Japanese: 文 (ja), 門 (ja), ムン Korean: 문 (ko) (mun)

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Translations to be checked

Central Sierra Miwok: kom'é-

See also

• (moon of Earth) Luna/‎Moon/‎moon ^[edit]

Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star	Sun
Planets and most likely dwarf planets	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto
Notable moons	—		Moon	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon Styx Nix Kerberos Hydra

Anagrams

• Mono, OMON, mono, mono-, nomo-