وعظ

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
و ع ظ (w ʕ ẓ)
4 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

وَعَظَ (waʕaẓa) I (non-past يَعِظُ (yaʕiẓu), verbal noun وَعْظ (waʕẓ) or عِظَة (ʕiẓa) or مَوْعِظَة (mawʕiẓa))

  1. to announce future reward or punishment, to warn
  2. to preach
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Noun

وَعْظ (waʕẓm

  1. verbal noun of وَعَظَ (waʕaẓa, to warn, preach) (form I)
  2. warning, admonition
  3. sermon
Declension
Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَعْظ (waʕẓ, warning, admonition; sermon).

Noun

وعظ (vaʼz) (definite accusative وعظی (vaʼzı), plural وعظلر (vaʼzlar))

  1. admonition, warning, a verbal or written statement by an authority that one has erred or may err and should not persist
    Synonym: اوكوت (öğüt)
  2. sermon, homily, a religious discourse or oration by a preacher addressing a scriptural, theological, or moral topic
    Synonyms: خطبه (hutbe), عظه (ʼıza)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَعْظ (waʕẓ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? wa'z
Dari reading? wa'z
Iranian reading? va'z
Tajik reading? vaʾz

Noun

Dari وعظ
Iranian Persian
Tajik ваъз

وعظ (va'z)

  1. (literary) sermon
    Synonym: موعظه (mow'eze)