موز

موز

See also: مور‎

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭬 𐭅 𐭆‎ (mwc /mōč/), from Pali मोच (moca), then, according to Roger Blench, via Dravidian (compare Tamil மொட்டு (moṭṭu) (banana flower)) from (Austronesian) Dobel muɁu from (Trans-New-Guinea) Fataluku muɁu and lastly from Proto-Trans-New Guinea *mugu.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mawz/
  • (Hejazi) IPA^(key): [mo̞ːz]

Noun

مَوْز • (mawz) m (collective, singulative مَوْزَة‎ f (mawza))

1. banana

Declension

Declension of noun مَوْز (mawz)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوْز mawz	الْمَوْز‎ al-mawz	مَوْز mawz
Nominative	مَوْزٌ mawzun	الْمَوْزُ‎ al-mawzu	مَوْزُ mawzu
Accusative	مَوْزًا‎ mawzan	الْمَوْزَ‎ al-mawza	مَوْزَ mawza
Genitive	مَوْزٍ mawzin	الْمَوْزِ‎ al-mawzi	مَوْزِ mawzi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوْزَة‎ mawza	الْمَوْزَة‎ al-mawza	مَوْزَة‎ mawzat
Nominative	مَوْزَةٌ‎ mawzatun	الْمَوْزَةُ‎ al-mawzatu	مَوْزَةُ‎ mawzatu
Accusative	مَوْزَةً‎ mawzatan	الْمَوْزَةَ‎ al-mawzata	مَوْزَةَ‎ mawzata
Genitive	مَوْزَةٍ‎ mawzatin	الْمَوْزَةِ‎ al-mawzati	مَوْزَةِ‎ mawzati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوْزَتَيْن‎ mawzatayn	الْمَوْزَتَيْن‎ al-mawzatayn	مَوْزَتَيْ‎ mawzatay
Nominative	مَوْزَتَانِ‎ mawzatāni	الْمَوْزَتَانِ‎ al-mawzatāni	مَوْزَتَا‎ mawzatā
Accusative	مَوْزَتَيْنِ‎ mawzatayni	الْمَوْزَتَيْنِ‎ al-mawzatayni	مَوْزَتَيْ‎ mawzatay
Genitive	مَوْزَتَيْنِ‎ mawzatayni	الْمَوْزَتَيْنِ‎ al-mawzatayni	مَوْزَتَيْ‎ mawzatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوْزَات‎ mawzāt	الْمَوْزَات‎ al-mawzāt	مَوْزَات‎ mawzāt
Nominative	مَوْزَاتٌ‎ mawzātun	الْمَوْزَاتُ‎ al-mawzātu	مَوْزَاتُ‎ mawzātu
Accusative	مَوْزَاتٍ‎ mawzātin	الْمَوْزَاتِ‎ al-mawzāti	مَوْزَاتِ‎ mawzāti
Genitive	مَوْزَاتٍ‎ mawzātin	الْمَوْزَاتِ‎ al-mawzāti	مَوْزَاتِ‎ mawzāti

Descendants

• → Amharic: ሙዝ (muz)
  • → Baiso: muze
  • → Kachama-Ganjule: muz, muze
  • → Sidamo: muuze
• → Middle Armenian: մոզ (moz)
• → Ge'ez: ሙዝ (muz)
• → Harari: ሙዝ (mūz)
• → Ottoman Turkish: موز‎ (mevz, muz)
  • Turkish: muz
• → Persian: موز‎
• → Tigre: ሙዝ (muz)
• → Tigrinya: ሙዝ (muz)

References

1. Blench, Roger (2016), “Things your classics master never told you: a borrowing from Trans New Guinea languages into Latin”, in Academia.edu‎, Academia, Inc.

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز‎ (mawz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛvz], [mɛˈviz], [muz]

Noun

موز • (mevz, meviz, muz)

1. banana

Descendants

• Turkish: muz

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “موز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2028b

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Persian

Etymology

(In Iranian Persian) Borrowed from Arabic مَوز‎ (mawz), itself a borrowing from Middle Persian.

Otherwise Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭬 𐭅 𐭆‎ (mwc /mōč/), from Pali मोच (moca), Derived from Dravidian (compare Tamil மொட்டு (moṭṭu) (banana flower)), possibly from Austronesian (see Dobel muɁu), from Trans-New-Guinea (see Fataluku muɁu) and lastly from Proto-Trans-New Guinea *mugu.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /moːz/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /moːz/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /mowz/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /mɵz/

• (dialectal, Hamadan) IPA^(key): /mewz/

Noun

Dari	کیله‎
Iranian Persian	مُوز
Tajik	банан (banan)

موز • (mowz) (plural موزها‎ (mowz-hâ))

1. (chiefly Iran or dated) banana

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “mōz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

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Shina

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːz/

Noun

موز (moz)

1. meat, flesh

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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَوْز‎ (mawz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːz/, [moːz]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

موز • (mōz) m (collective, singulative موزة‎ f (mōze), plural موزات‎ (mōzāt))

1. (uncountable) bananas

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian موز‎ (mōz), from Arabic مَوْز‎ (mawz).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɔːz/

Noun

مَوز • (mauz) m (Hindi spelling मौज़)

1. a type of banana

References

• “موز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “موز”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.