Likely borrowed into Standard Arabic from South Levantine Arabic and North Levantine Arabic مِجْوِز، مِجْوَز (mijwiz, mijwaz), whose other meanings include even (“divisible by two”) and paired. Both pronunciations must descend from an Arabic مُجْوَز (mujwaz, “paired, coupled, doubled”) that would have a Modern Standard Arabic cognate in مُزْوَج (muzwaj), passive participle of a verb أَزْوَجَ (ʔazwaja, “to pair, to couple, to double”). Terms of the root ز و ج (z-w-j) commonly metathesized to ج و ز (j-w-z) in Levantine and other vernaculars.
مِجْوِز or مِجْوَز • (mijwiz or mijwaz) m (plural مَجَاوِز (majāwiz))
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مِجْوِز; مِجْوَز mijwiz; mijwaz |
الْمِجْوِز; الْمِجْوَز al-mijwiz; al-mijwaz |
مِجْوِز; مِجْوَز mijwiz; mijwaz |
| Nominative | مِجْوِزٌ; مِجْوَزٌ mijwizun; mijwazun |
الْمِجْوِزُ; الْمِجْوَزُ al-mijwizu; al-mijwazu |
مِجْوِزُ; مِجْوَزُ mijwizu; mijwazu |
| Accusative | مِجْوِزًا; مِجْوَزًا mijwizan; mijwazan |
الْمِجْوِزَ; الْمِجْوَزَ al-mijwiza; al-mijwaza |
مِجْوِزَ; مِجْوَزَ mijwiza; mijwaza |
| Genitive | مِجْوِزٍ; مِجْوَزٍ mijwizin; mijwazin |
الْمِجْوِزِ; الْمِجْوَزِ al-mijwizi; al-mijwazi |
مِجْوِزِ; مِجْوَزِ mijwizi; mijwazi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | مِجْوِزَيْن; مِجْوَزَيْن mijwizayn; mijwazayn |
الْمِجْوِزَيْن; الْمِجْوَزَيْن al-mijwizayn; al-mijwazayn |
مِجْوِزَيْ; مِجْوَزَيْ mijwizay; mijwazay |
| Nominative | مِجْوِزَانِ; مِجْوَزَانِ mijwizāni; mijwazāni |
الْمِجْوِزَانِ; الْمِجْوَزَانِ al-mijwizāni; al-mijwazāni |
مِجْوِزَا; مِجْوَزَا mijwizā; mijwazā |
| Accusative | مِجْوِزَيْنِ; مِجْوَزَيْنِ mijwizayni; mijwazayni |
الْمِجْوِزَيْنِ; الْمِجْوَزَيْنِ al-mijwizayni; al-mijwazayni |
مِجْوِزَيْ; مِجْوَزَيْ mijwizay; mijwazay |
| Genitive | مِجْوِزَيْنِ; مِجْوَزَيْنِ mijwizayni; mijwazayni |
الْمِجْوِزَيْنِ; الْمِجْوَزَيْنِ al-mijwizayni; al-mijwazayni |
مِجْوِزَيْ; مِجْوَزَيْ mijwizay; mijwazay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَجَاوِز majāwiz |
الْمَجَاوِز al-majāwiz |
مَجَاوِز majāwiz |
| Nominative | مَجَاوِزُ majāwizu |
الْمَجَاوِزُ al-majāwizu |
مَجَاوِزُ majāwizu |
| Accusative | مَجَاوِزَ majāwiza |
الْمَجَاوِزَ al-majāwiza |
مَجَاوِزَ majāwiza |
| Genitive | مَجَاوِزَ majāwiza |
الْمَجَاوِزِ al-majāwizi |
مَجَاوِزِ majāwizi |
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | mujawwiz |
| Dari reading? | mujawwiz |
| Iranian reading? | mojavvez |
| Tajik reading? | mujavviz |
مجوز • (mojavvez)