موج

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Arabic

Root
م و ج (m w j)
2 terms

Etymology

Compare Amharic ሞገድ (mogäd, wave).

Pronunciation

  • (noun) IPA(key): /mawd͡ʒ/
  • (verb) IPA(key): /maw.wa.d͡ʒa/

Noun

مَوْج (mawjm (collective, singulative مَوْجَة f (mawja), plural أَمْوَاج (ʔamwāj))

  1. torrent, surge, waves

Declension

Declension of noun مَوْج (mawj)
collective basic collective triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal مَوْج
mawj
الْمَوْج
al-mawj
مَوْج
mawj
nominative مَوْجٌ
mawjun
الْمَوْجُ
al-mawju
مَوْجُ
mawju
accusative مَوْجًا
mawjan
الْمَوْجَ
al-mawja
مَوْجَ
mawja
genitive مَوْجٍ
mawjin
الْمَوْجِ
al-mawji
مَوْجِ
mawji
singulative singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal مَوْجَة
mawja
الْمَوْجَة
al-mawja
مَوْجَة
mawjat
nominative مَوْجَةٌ
mawjatun
الْمَوْجَةُ
al-mawjatu
مَوْجَةُ
mawjatu
accusative مَوْجَةً
mawjatan
الْمَوْجَةَ
al-mawjata
مَوْجَةَ
mawjata
genitive مَوْجَةٍ
mawjatin
الْمَوْجَةِ
al-mawjati
مَوْجَةِ
mawjati
dual indefinite definite construct
informal مَوْجَتَيْن
mawjatayn
الْمَوْجَتَيْن
al-mawjatayn
مَوْجَتَيْ
mawjatay
nominative مَوْجَتَانِ
mawjatāni
الْمَوْجَتَانِ
al-mawjatāni
مَوْجَتَا
mawjatā
accusative مَوْجَتَيْنِ
mawjatayni
الْمَوْجَتَيْنِ
al-mawjatayni
مَوْجَتَيْ
mawjatay
genitive مَوْجَتَيْنِ
mawjatayni
الْمَوْجَتَيْنِ
al-mawjatayni
مَوْجَتَيْ
mawjatay
paucal (3-10) sound feminine paucal
indefinite definite construct
informal مَوْجَات
mawjāt
الْمَوْجَات
al-mawjāt
مَوْجَات
mawjāt
nominative مَوْجَاتٌ
mawjātun
الْمَوْجَاتُ
al-mawjātu
مَوْجَاتُ
mawjātu
accusative مَوْجَاتٍ
mawjātin
الْمَوْجَاتِ
al-mawjāti
مَوْجَاتِ
mawjāti
genitive مَوْجَاتٍ
mawjātin
الْمَوْجَاتِ
al-mawjāti
مَوْجَاتِ
mawjāti
plural of variety basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal أَمْوَاج
ʔamwāj
الْأَمْوَاج
al-ʔamwāj
أَمْوَاج
ʔamwāj
nominative أَمْوَاجٌ
ʔamwājun
الْأَمْوَاجُ
al-ʔamwāju
أَمْوَاجُ
ʔamwāju
accusative أَمْوَاجًا
ʔamwājan
الْأَمْوَاجَ
al-ʔamwāja
أَمْوَاجَ
ʔamwāja
genitive أَمْوَاجٍ
ʔamwājin
الْأَمْوَاجِ
al-ʔamwāji
أَمْوَاجِ
ʔamwāji

Descendants

Verb

مَوَّجَ (mawwaja) II (non-past يُمَوِّجُ (yumawwiju), verbal noun تَمْوِيج (tamwīj))

  1. (transitive) to wave (the hair)
  2. (transitive) to ripple

Conjugation

Conjugation of مَوَّجَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَمْوِيج)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر
تَمْوِيج
tamwīj
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل
مُمَوِّج
mumawwij
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول
مُمَوَّج
mumawwaj
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد
dual
الْمُثَنَّى
plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي
m مَوَّجْتُ
mawwajtu
مَوَّجْتَ
mawwajta
مَوَّجَ
mawwaja
مَوَّجْتُمَا
mawwajtumā
مَوَّجَا
mawwajā
مَوَّجْنَا
mawwajnā
مَوَّجْتُمْ
mawwajtum
مَوَّجُوا
mawwajū
f مَوَّجْتِ
mawwajti
مَوَّجَتْ
mawwajat
مَوَّجَتَا
mawwajatā
مَوَّجْتُنَّ
mawwajtunna
مَوَّجْنَ
mawwajna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع
m أُمَوِّجُ
ʔumawwiju
تُمَوِّجُ
tumawwiju
يُمَوِّجُ
yumawwiju
تُمَوِّجَانِ
tumawwijāni
يُمَوِّجَانِ
yumawwijāni
نُمَوِّجُ
numawwiju
تُمَوِّجُونَ
tumawwijūna
يُمَوِّجُونَ
yumawwijūna
f تُمَوِّجِينَ
tumawwijīna
تُمَوِّجُ
tumawwiju
تُمَوِّجَانِ
tumawwijāni
تُمَوِّجْنَ
tumawwijna
يُمَوِّجْنَ
yumawwijna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب
m أُمَوِّجَ
ʔumawwija
تُمَوِّجَ
tumawwija
يُمَوِّجَ
yumawwija
تُمَوِّجَا
tumawwijā
يُمَوِّجَا
yumawwijā
نُمَوِّجَ
numawwija
تُمَوِّجُوا
tumawwijū
يُمَوِّجُوا
yumawwijū
f تُمَوِّجِي
tumawwijī
تُمَوِّجَ
tumawwija
تُمَوِّجَا
tumawwijā
تُمَوِّجْنَ
tumawwijna
يُمَوِّجْنَ
yumawwijna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم
m أُمَوِّجْ
ʔumawwij
تُمَوِّجْ
tumawwij
يُمَوِّجْ
yumawwij
تُمَوِّجَا
tumawwijā
يُمَوِّجَا
yumawwijā
نُمَوِّجْ
numawwij
تُمَوِّجُوا
tumawwijū
يُمَوِّجُوا
yumawwijū
f تُمَوِّجِي
tumawwijī
تُمَوِّجْ
tumawwij
تُمَوِّجَا
tumawwijā
تُمَوِّجْنَ
tumawwijna
يُمَوِّجْنَ
yumawwijna
imperative
الْأَمْر
m مَوِّجْ
mawwij
مَوِّجَا
mawwijā
مَوِّجُوا
mawwijū
f مَوِّجِي
mawwijī
مَوِّجْنَ
mawwijna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد
dual
الْمُثَنَّى
plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي
m مُوِّجْتُ
muwwijtu
مُوِّجْتَ
muwwijta
مُوِّجَ
muwwija
مُوِّجْتُمَا
muwwijtumā
مُوِّجَا
muwwijā
مُوِّجْنَا
muwwijnā
مُوِّجْتُمْ
muwwijtum
مُوِّجُوا
muwwijū
f مُوِّجْتِ
muwwijti
مُوِّجَتْ
muwwijat
مُوِّجَتَا
muwwijatā
مُوِّجْتُنَّ
muwwijtunna
مُوِّجْنَ
muwwijna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع
m أُمَوَّجُ
ʔumawwaju
تُمَوَّجُ
tumawwaju
يُمَوَّجُ
yumawwaju
تُمَوَّجَانِ
tumawwajāni
يُمَوَّجَانِ
yumawwajāni
نُمَوَّجُ
numawwaju
تُمَوَّجُونَ
tumawwajūna
يُمَوَّجُونَ
yumawwajūna
f تُمَوَّجِينَ
tumawwajīna
تُمَوَّجُ
tumawwaju
تُمَوَّجَانِ
tumawwajāni
تُمَوَّجْنَ
tumawwajna
يُمَوَّجْنَ
yumawwajna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب
m أُمَوَّجَ
ʔumawwaja
تُمَوَّجَ
tumawwaja
يُمَوَّجَ
yumawwaja
تُمَوَّجَا
tumawwajā
يُمَوَّجَا
yumawwajā
نُمَوَّجَ
numawwaja
تُمَوَّجُوا
tumawwajū
يُمَوَّجُوا
yumawwajū
f تُمَوَّجِي
tumawwajī
تُمَوَّجَ
tumawwaja
تُمَوَّجَا
tumawwajā
تُمَوَّجْنَ
tumawwajna
يُمَوَّجْنَ
yumawwajna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم
m أُمَوَّجْ
ʔumawwaj
تُمَوَّجْ
tumawwaj
يُمَوَّجْ
yumawwaj
تُمَوَّجَا
tumawwajā
يُمَوَّجَا
yumawwajā
نُمَوَّجْ
numawwaj
تُمَوَّجُوا
tumawwajū
يُمَوَّجُوا
yumawwajū
f تُمَوَّجِي
tumawwajī
تُمَوَّجْ
tumawwaj
تُمَوَّجَا
tumawwajā
تُمَوَّجْنَ
tumawwajna
يُمَوَّجْنَ
yumawwajna

Derived terms

Descendants

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْج (mawj).

Noun

موج (transliteration needed) (plural موجلار)

  1. wave

Descendants

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic مَوْج (mawj).

Pronunciation

Noun

موج (mōjm (collective, singulative موجة f (mōja), plural موجات (mōjāt) or أمواج (ʔamwāj))

  1. torrent, surge, waves

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَوَّجَ (mawwaja).

Pronunciation

Verb

مَوَّج (mawwaj) II (non-past يِمَوِّج (yimawwij))

  1. to mix up colors, to degrade colors
Conjugation
Conjugation of موج
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m موجت (mawwajt) موجت (mawwajt) موج (mawwaj) موجنا (mawwajna) موجتوا (mawwajtu) موجوا (mawwaju)
f موجتي (mawwajti) موجت (mawwajat)
non-past m أموج (ʔamawwij) تموج (timawwij) يموج (yimawwij) نموج (nimawwij) تموجوا (timawwiju) يموجوا (yimawwiju)
f تموجي (timawwiji) تموج (timawwij)
imperative m موج (mawwij) موجوا (mawwiju)
f موجي (mawwiji)

Kashmiri

Etymology

From Sanskrit महल्लिका (mahallikā, old, feeble).

Pronunciation

Noun

موج (mōjf (Devanagari मोज)

  1. mother

Alternative forms

Coordinate terms

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَوْج (mawj).

Pronunciation

Noun

موج (mūj, mawjm (collective, singulative موجة f (mūja, mawja), paucal موجات (mūjāt, mawjāt), plural مواج (mwāj))

  1. waves

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْج (mawj, wave).

Noun

موج (mevc) (plural امواج (emvac))

  1. wave, billow, ripple, undulation, a regular movement in water
    Synonyms: تالاز (talaz), طالغه (dalga)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْج (mawj).

Noun

موج (transliteration needed?

  1. wave

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْج (mawj).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mawj
Dari reading? mawj
Iranian reading? mowj
Tajik reading? mavj
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari موج
Iranian Persian
Tajik мавҷ

موج (mowj) (plural موج‌ها, or امواج (amvâj))

  1. wave
    Synonyms: کوهه (kuhe), خیزاب (xizâb)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 1”, in دیوان حافظ:
      شب تاریک و بیم موج و گردابی چنین هایل
      کجا دانند حال ما سبکباران ساحل‌ها
      šab-i tārīk u bīm-i mawj u girdābē čunīn hāyil
      kujā dānand hāl-i mā sabukbārān-i sāhil-hā
      The dark night, the fear of waves, so terrifying a whirlpool!
      How can the lightly burdened on the coast know our condition?
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
    • c. 1400, Shams-i Maghribī, “Ghazal 9”, in دیوان شمس مغربی:
      اگر موجت از آن دریا درین صحرا کشد روزی
      چنانت غرقه گرداند که ناری یاد از صحرا
      agar mawj-at az ān daryā dar īn sahrā kušad rōzē
      čunān-at ġarqa gardānad ki n-ārī yād az sahrā
      If one day, the wave of that sea should kill you in this desert,
      It will drown you so much that you will remember nothing of the desert.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْج (mawj).

Noun

مَوْج (maujf (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੌਜ)

  1. wave

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مَوج”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْج (mawj).

Noun

مَوْجَ (maujaf (Devanagari मौज)

  1. wave

Further reading

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “مَوْجَ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • موج”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 18661938

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic مَوْج (mawj).

Pronunciation

Noun

موج (mōjm (collective, singulative موجة f (mōje), paucal موجات (mōjāt), plural أمواج (ʔamwāj))

  1. waves

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْج (mawj).

Pronunciation

Noun

مَوج (maujf (Hindi spelling मौज)

  1. a wave, surge, billow
  2. whim, caprice
  3. emotion, ecstasy
  4. heaps, abundance, plenty

Further reading

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “موج”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • موج”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • موج”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.