موزون

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Arabic

Root
و ز ن (w z n)
8 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of وَزَنَ (wazana).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَوْزُون (mawzūn) (feminine مَوْزُونَة (mawzūna), masculine plural مَوْزُونُونَ (mawzūnūna), feminine plural مَوْزُونَات (mawzūnāt))

  1. weighted
  2. well-proportioned, well-composed, harmonious, orderly
  3. metrically correct

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: mövzun
  • Ottoman Turkish: موزون (mevzun)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْزُون (mawzūn).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mawzūn
Dari reading? mawzūn
Iranian reading? mowzun
Tajik reading? mavzun

Adjective

موزون (mowzun)

  1. rhythmical, cadenced
  2. elegant, well-proportioned
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 135:
      ای ز سر تا بقدم حسن تو موزون و ملیح
      خال رخسار ترا بر مه تابان ترجیح
      ay zi sar tā ba-qadam husn-i tō mawzūn u malīh
      xāl-i ruxsār-i tu-rā bar mah-i tābān tarjīh
      O you whose beauty is elegant and graceful from head to toe,
      I prefer the mole on your cheek to the shining moon.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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