موسوم

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Arabic

Root
و س م (w s m)
10 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of وَسَمَ (wasama, to brand).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَوْسُوم (mawsūm)

  1. named; known; branded

Declension

Descendants

  • Persian: موسوم (mowsum)
  • Ottoman Turkish: موسوم (mevsüm)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْسُوم (mawsūm).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mawsūm
Dari reading? mawsūm
Iranian reading? mowsum
Tajik reading? mavsum

Adjective

موسوم (mowsum)

  1. (with به) known (as), named
    گروه اسلامگرای افراطی «دولت اسلامی عراق و شام» موسوم به داعش
    goruh-e eslâmgerâ-ye efrâti "dowlat-e eslâmi-ye erâq va šâm" mowsum be dâ'eš
    the radical Islamist group "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria," known as ISIS

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian موسوم (mawsūm), from Arabic مَوْسُوم (mawsūm).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَوسُوم (mausūm) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मौसूम)

  1. named; known; branded
  2. related to; in relation to (a subject)

Further reading

  • موسوم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • موسوم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “موسوم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “موسوم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.