مصوت

Arabic

Root
ص و ت (ṣ w t)
7 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of صَوَّتَ (ṣawwata, “to make a loud cry, to vote”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.sˤaw.wit/

Noun

مُصَوِّت • (muṣawwit) m (plural مُصَوِّتُون (muṣawwitūn))

1. (politics) voter, elector
2. (linguistics, phonetics) vowel

   Synonym: صَائِت (ṣāʔit)

Declension

Declension of noun مُصَوِّت (muṣawwit)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُصَوِّت muṣawwit	الْمُصَوِّت al-muṣawwit	مُصَوِّت muṣawwit
Nominative	مُصَوِّتٌ muṣawwitun	الْمُصَوِّتُ al-muṣawwitu	مُصَوِّتُ muṣawwitu
Accusative	مُصَوِّتًا muṣawwitan	الْمُصَوِّتَ al-muṣawwita	مُصَوِّتَ muṣawwita
Genitive	مُصَوِّتٍ muṣawwitin	الْمُصَوِّتِ al-muṣawwiti	مُصَوِّتِ muṣawwiti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُصَوِّتَيْن muṣawwitayn	الْمُصَوِّتَيْن al-muṣawwitayn	مُصَوِّتَيْ muṣawwitay
Nominative	مُصَوِّتَانِ muṣawwitāni	الْمُصَوِّتَانِ al-muṣawwitāni	مُصَوِّتَا muṣawwitā
Accusative	مُصَوِّتَيْنِ muṣawwitayni	الْمُصَوِّتَيْنِ al-muṣawwitayni	مُصَوِّتَيْ muṣawwitay
Genitive	مُصَوِّتَيْنِ muṣawwitayni	الْمُصَوِّتَيْنِ al-muṣawwitayni	مُصَوِّتَيْ muṣawwitay
Plural	sound masculine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُصَوِّتِين muṣawwitīn	الْمُصَوِّتِين al-muṣawwitīn	مُصَوِّتِي muṣawwitī
Nominative	مُصَوِّتُونَ muṣawwitūna	الْمُصَوِّتُونَ al-muṣawwitūna	مُصَوِّتُو muṣawwitū
Accusative	مُصَوِّتِينَ muṣawwitīna	الْمُصَوِّتِينَ al-muṣawwitīna	مُصَوِّتِي muṣawwitī
Genitive	مُصَوِّتِينَ muṣawwitīna	الْمُصَوِّتِينَ al-muṣawwitīna	مُصَوِّتِي muṣawwitī

Adjective

مُصَوِّت • (muṣawwit)

1. active participle of صَوَّتَ (ṣawwata).
2. sonorous, resounding

Declension

Declension of adjective مُصَوِّت (muṣawwit)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُصَوِّت muṣawwit	الْمُصَوِّت al-muṣawwit	مُصَوِّتَة muṣawwita	الْمُصَوِّتَة al-muṣawwita
Nominative	مُصَوِّتٌ muṣawwitun	الْمُصَوِّتُ al-muṣawwitu	مُصَوِّتَةٌ muṣawwitatun	الْمُصَوِّتَةُ al-muṣawwitatu
Accusative	مُصَوِّتًا muṣawwitan	الْمُصَوِّتَ al-muṣawwita	مُصَوِّتَةً muṣawwitatan	الْمُصَوِّتَةَ al-muṣawwitata
Genitive	مُصَوِّتٍ muṣawwitin	الْمُصَوِّتِ al-muṣawwiti	مُصَوِّتَةٍ muṣawwitatin	الْمُصَوِّتَةِ al-muṣawwitati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُصَوِّتَيْن muṣawwitayn	الْمُصَوِّتَيْن al-muṣawwitayn	مُصَوِّتَتَيْن muṣawwitatayn	الْمُصَوِّتَتَيْن al-muṣawwitatayn
Nominative	مُصَوِّتَانِ muṣawwitāni	الْمُصَوِّتَانِ al-muṣawwitāni	مُصَوِّتَتَانِ muṣawwitatāni	الْمُصَوِّتَتَانِ al-muṣawwitatāni
Accusative	مُصَوِّتَيْنِ muṣawwitayni	الْمُصَوِّتَيْنِ al-muṣawwitayni	مُصَوِّتَتَيْنِ muṣawwitatayni	الْمُصَوِّتَتَيْنِ al-muṣawwitatayni
Genitive	مُصَوِّتَيْنِ muṣawwitayni	الْمُصَوِّتَيْنِ al-muṣawwitayni	مُصَوِّتَتَيْنِ muṣawwitatayni	الْمُصَوِّتَتَيْنِ al-muṣawwitatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	مُصَوِّتَات muṣawwitāt	الْمُصَوِّتَات al-muṣawwitāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	مُصَوِّتَاتٌ muṣawwitātun	الْمُصَوِّتَاتُ al-muṣawwitātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	مُصَوِّتَاتٍ muṣawwitātin	الْمُصَوِّتَاتِ al-muṣawwitāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	مُصَوِّتَاتٍ muṣawwitātin	الْمُصَوِّتَاتِ al-muṣawwitāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: müsəvvit
• → Persian: مصوت
• → Ottoman Turkish: مصوت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُصَوِّت (muṣawwit).

Noun

مصوت • (musavvit)

1. that makes a sound, noise or cry
2. (linguistics, phonetics) vowel
3. microphone

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مصوت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1180

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُصَوِّت (muṣawwit).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.saw.ˈwit]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.säw.wɪ́t̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.säw.wɪ́t̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.säw.wɪ́t̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.säw.wít̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.sæv.vét̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.säw.vít̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	musawwit
Dari reading?	musawwit
Iranian reading?	mosavvet
Tajik reading?	musavvit

Noun

مصوت • (mosavvet)

1. (linguistics, phonetics) vowel

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مصوت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim