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تواضع

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Morphologically from the root و ض ع (w-ḍ-ʕ).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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تَوَاضَعَ (tawāḍaʕa) VI (non-past يَتَوَاضَعُ (yatawāḍaʕu), verbal noun تَوَاضُع (tawāḍuʕ))

  1. to be humble
  2. to behave humbly and modestly
  3. (reciprocal) to agree [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘on something’]
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Morphologically from the root و ض ع (w-ḍ-ʕ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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تَوَاضُع (tawāḍuʕm

  1. verbal noun of تَوَاضَعَ (tawāḍaʕa) (form VI)
  2. humility
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Azerbaijani: təvazö
  • Ottoman Turkish: تواضع
  • Persian: تواضع (tavâzo')
  • Uyghur: تەۋەززۇ (tewezzu)
  • Uzbek: tavoze

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic تَوَاضُع (tawāḍuʕ).

Noun

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تواضع (tevazu)

  1. humility

Descendants

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic تَوَاضُع (tawāḍuʕ).

Noun

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تواضع (tavâzo')

  1. humility