ازدواج

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Arabic

Root
ز و ج (z w j)
12 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِزْدَوَجَ (izdawaja).

Pronunciation

Noun

اِزْدِوَاج (izdiwājm

  1. verbal noun of اِزْدَوَجَ (izdawaja) (form VIII)
  2. pairing together, coupling
  3. marrying, being or becoming married as a couple
  4. duplicity

Declension

Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِزْدِوَاج (izdiwāj).

Noun

ازدواج (izdivac)

  1. marriage
    Synonyms: تأهل (te’ehhül), تزوج (tezevvüc)

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic اِزْدِوَاج (izdiwāj).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? izdiwāj
Dari reading? izdiwāj
Iranian reading? ezdevâj
Tajik reading? izdivoj

Noun

Dari ازدواج
Iranian Persian
Tajik издивоҷ

اِزدِواج (ezdevâj) (plural اِزدِواج‌ها (ezdevâj-hâ))

  1. marriage
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 3428:
      حکمتی که بود حق را ز ازدواج
      گشت حاصل از نیاز و از لجاج
      hikmatē ki būd haqq rā z-izdiwāj
      gašt hāsil az niyāz u az lajāj
      The providential purpose that God had—namely, humble supplication or obstinate contumacy—was fulfilled by means of the marriage .
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِزْدِوَاج (izdiwāj), from Arabic اِزْدِوَاج (izdiwāj).

Pronunciation

Noun

اِزدِوَاج (izdivājm (Hindi spelling इज़दिवाज)

  1. marriage
  2. wedding