وزن

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See also: ورن

Arabic

Root
و ز ن (w z n)
8 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

وَزَنَ (wazana) I (non-past يَزِنُ (yazinu), verbal noun وَزْن (wazn) or زِنَة (zina))

  1. to weigh (to determine the weight of an object)

Conjugation

Verb

وَزَّنَ (wazzana) II (non-past يُوَزِّنُ (yuwazzinu), verbal noun تَوْزِين (tawzīn))

  1. to find the weight of something

Conjugation

وَزْن

Noun

وَزْن (waznm (plural أَوْزَان (ʔawzān))

  1. verbal noun of وَزَنَ (wazana) (form I)
  2. weight (the gravity in an object, as well as an object used for its being heavy)
  3. (poetry) meter
  4. (grammar) a word’s pattern or form, measure, shape, transfix

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: vəzn
  • Persian: وزن
  • Swahili: uzani
  • Ottoman Turkish: وزن
    • Turkish: vezin (literary ) In modern Turkish senses in "poetry" and "grammar" are preserved.)
  • Uzbek: vazn

Moroccan Arabic

Root
و ز ن
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَزَنَ (wazana).

Pronunciation

Verb

وزن (wzan) I (non-past يوزن (yiwzan))

  1. to weigh (have a weight)
  2. to weigh (measure a weight)

Conjugation

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Persian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَزْن (wazn).[1]

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? wazn
Dari reading? wazn
Iranian reading? vazn
Tajik reading? vazn
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Noun

Dari وزن
Iranian Persian
Tajik вазн

وزن (vazn) (plural وزن‌ها (vazn-hâ) or اوزان (owzân))

  1. weight
  2. (poetry) meter

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “وزن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1466

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وزن (wazn), from Arabic وَزْن (wazn).

Noun

وَزَن (vazanm (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਜ਼ਨ)

  1. weight
    Synonyms: بھار (bhār), تول (tol)
  2. (poetry) meter
  3. reputation, honour

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وزن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “وَزَن”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
  • ਵਜ਼ਨ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وزن (wazn), from Arabic وَزْن (wazn).

Noun

وَزْن (vaznm (Hindi spelling वज़न)

  1. weight, weighing, measure, balance

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu وزن (vazn).

Noun

وزن (vazn)

  1. weight, weighing, measure, balance