وج

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See also: وخ and وچ

Arabic

وَجّ
 وج on Arabic Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian وج (vaj).

Noun

وَجّ (wajjm

  1. sweet flag, Acorus calamus
    Synonym: ذَرِيرَة (ḏarīra)

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: վաճ (vač)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “وج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 436
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “وج”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 1198

Bulgar

Bulgar cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : وج
    Ordinal : وجم

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *üč.

Numeral

وج (več)

  1. (Volga Bulgar) three

Descendants

References

  • Закиев М. З. Лингвоэтнические особенности волжских булгар — главного этнического корня татар
  • Róna-Tas, András (1976) “A Volga Bulgarıan Inscription from 1307”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (in Bulgar), volume 30, number 2, page 173

North Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic وَجْه (wajh).

Noun

وجّ (wijjm (plural وجوه (wjūh))

  1. face

Persian

وج
 وج on Persian Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वचा (vacā, sweet flag).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? waj
Dari reading? waj
Iranian reading? vaj
Tajik reading? vaj

Noun

وج (vaj)

  1. sweet flag, Acorus calamus
    Synonym: اگیر (agir, egir)

Inflection

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Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Noun

وجّ (wijjm

  1. Alternative form of وجه (wujh): face

Ushojo

Noun

وج (vaj)

  1. intestine of a goat or buffalo