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Arabic
Etymology
From the verb وَجَدَ (wajada), to experience.
Pronunciation
Noun
وِجْدَان • (wijdān) m
- passionate excitement, ecstasy
- emotional life, psychic forces
- feeling, emotion, sentiment, consciousness, compassion, affection
- conscience, soul, volition
Declension
Declension of noun وِجْدَان (wijdān)
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basic singular triptote
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| Indefinite
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Definite
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Construct
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| Informal
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وِجْدَان
wijdān
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الْوِجْدَان
al-wijdān
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وِجْدَان
wijdān
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| Nominative
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وِجْدَانٌ
wijdānun
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الْوِجْدَانُ
al-wijdānu
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وِجْدَانُ
wijdānu
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| Accusative
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وِجْدَانًا
wijdānan
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الْوِجْدَانَ
al-wijdāna
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وِجْدَانَ
wijdāna
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| Genitive
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وِجْدَانٍ
wijdānin
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الْوِجْدَانِ
al-wijdāni
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وِجْدَانِ
wijdāni
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Related terms
Descendants
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic وِجْدَان (wijdān, “ecstasy; conscience”).
Noun
وجدان • (vicdan)
- ecstasy, rapture, an intense pleasure or state of emotion
- Synonym: وجد (vecd)
- conscience, the ethical or moral sense of right and wrong
- Synonym: ضمیر (zamir)
Derived terms
- وجدانسز (vicdansız, “conscienceless”)
- وجدانلی (vicdanlı, “conscientious”)
- وجدانی (vicdanî, “pertaining to conscience”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “vicdan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5123
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “vicdân”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1383
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “وجدان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1303
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “وجدان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 5339
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vicdan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وجدان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2128
Persian
Etymology
From Arabic وِجْدَان (wijdān).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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wujdān, wijdān
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| Dari reading?
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wujdān, wijdān
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| Iranian reading?
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vojdân, vejdân
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| Tajik reading?
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vujdon, vijdon
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Noun
وجدان • (vojdân, vejdân)
- conscience
Derived terms