موجب

Derived from the passive participle of the verb أَوْجَبَ (ʔawjaba).

• IPA^(key): /muː.d͡ʒab/

مُوجَب • (mūjab) (feminine مُوجَبَة (mūjaba), masculine plural مُوجَبُونَ (mūjabūna), feminine plural مُوجَبَات (mūjabāt))

1. positive

   Antonym: سَالِب (sālib)

2. (chemistry) electropositive

   Antonym: سَالِب (sālib)

مُوجَب • (mūjab) m (plural مُوجَبُونَ (mūjabūna))

1. (LGBT) top (gay man who likes to penetrate in sex)

   Coordinate terms: سَالِب (sālib, “bottom”), مُبَادِل (mubādil, “versatile”)

مُوجَب • (mūjab) (feminine مُوجَبَة (mūjaba), masculine plural مُوجَبُونَ (mūjabūna), feminine plural مُوجَبَات (mūjabāt))

1. passive participle of أَوْجَبَ (ʔawjaba)

Derived from the active participle of the verb أَوْجَبَ (ʔawjaba).

• IPA^(key): /muː.d͡ʒib/

مُوجِب • (mūjib) m (plural مُوجِبَات (mūjibāt))

1. cause, motive, reason

• بِمُوجِبِ (bimūjibi, “according to, on account of”)

• → Persian: موجب
• → Ottoman Turkish: موجب (mucib)
  • Turkish: mucip

مُوجِب • (mūjib) (feminine مُوجِبَة (mūjiba), masculine plural مُوجِبُونَ (mūjibūna), feminine plural مُوجِبَات (mūjibāt))

1. active participle of أَوْجَبَ (ʔawjaba)

Borrowed from Arabic مُوجِب (mūjib).

موجب • (mucib)

1. cause; reason; motive
2. consequence
   • 1909 July 31, “اسپانیا اغتشاشاتی [Spain riots]”, in Tanin, page 2:

     مادرید ، ۲۹ تموز - فاسدن وارداولان فنا خبرلر بوراده عظیم بر تأثری موجب اولمشدر.

     Madrid, 29 temmuz - Fes'ten varid olan fena haberler burada azim bir teessürü mucib olmuştır.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Turkish: mucip

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “موجب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1242
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Borrowed from Arabic مُوجِب (mūjib).

موجب • (mujeb)

1. cause; reason; motive

   Synonyms: علت (ellat), سبب (sabab)

   • c. 1599, Bahāʾ al‐Dīn ʿĀmilī, کشکول‎:

     مرا در عشق تو نکوهش کردند و ندانستند که شوق موجب سعادت من است.

     ma-rā dar išq-i tu nakūhiš kardand u na-dānistand ki šawq mūjib-i sa'ādat-i man ast.

     They reproached me for loving you, but they did not know that love-yearning is the cause of my eudemonia.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “موجب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “موجب”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press