موزون

Arabic

Root
و ز ن (w z n)
8 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of وَزَنَ (wazana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maw.zuːn/
• Rhymes: -uːn

Adjective

مَوْزُون • (mawzūn) (feminine مَوْزُونَة (mawzūna), masculine plural مَوْزُونُونَ (mawzūnūna), feminine plural مَوْزُونَات (mawzūnāt))

1. weighted
2. well-proportioned, well-composed, harmonious, orderly
3. metrically correct

Declension

Declension of adjective مَوْزُون (mawzūn)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَوْزُون mawzūn	الْمَوْزُون al-mawzūn	مَوْزُونَة mawzūna	الْمَوْزُونَة al-mawzūna
Nominative	مَوْزُونٌ mawzūnun	الْمَوْزُونُ al-mawzūnu	مَوْزُونَةٌ mawzūnatun	الْمَوْزُونَةُ al-mawzūnatu
Accusative	مَوْزُونًا mawzūnan	الْمَوْزُونَ al-mawzūna	مَوْزُونَةً mawzūnatan	الْمَوْزُونَةَ al-mawzūnata
Genitive	مَوْزُونٍ mawzūnin	الْمَوْزُونِ al-mawzūni	مَوْزُونَةٍ mawzūnatin	الْمَوْزُونَةِ al-mawzūnati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَوْزُونَيْن mawzūnayn	الْمَوْزُونَيْن al-mawzūnayn	مَوْزُونَتَيْن mawzūnatayn	الْمَوْزُونَتَيْن al-mawzūnatayn
Nominative	مَوْزُونَانِ mawzūnāni	الْمَوْزُونَانِ al-mawzūnāni	مَوْزُونَتَانِ mawzūnatāni	الْمَوْزُونَتَانِ al-mawzūnatāni
Accusative	مَوْزُونَيْنِ mawzūnayni	الْمَوْزُونَيْنِ al-mawzūnayni	مَوْزُونَتَيْنِ mawzūnatayni	الْمَوْزُونَتَيْنِ al-mawzūnatayni
Genitive	مَوْزُونَيْنِ mawzūnayni	الْمَوْزُونَيْنِ al-mawzūnayni	مَوْزُونَتَيْنِ mawzūnatayni	الْمَوْزُونَتَيْنِ al-mawzūnatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَوْزُونِين mawzūnīn	الْمَوْزُونِين al-mawzūnīn	مَوْزُونَات mawzūnāt	الْمَوْزُونَات al-mawzūnāt
Nominative	مَوْزُونُونَ mawzūnūna	الْمَوْزُونُونَ al-mawzūnūna	مَوْزُونَاتٌ mawzūnātun	الْمَوْزُونَاتُ al-mawzūnātu
Accusative	مَوْزُونِينَ mawzūnīna	الْمَوْزُونِينَ al-mawzūnīna	مَوْزُونَاتٍ mawzūnātin	الْمَوْزُونَاتِ al-mawzūnāti
Genitive	مَوْزُونِينَ mawzūnīna	الْمَوْزُونِينَ al-mawzūnīna	مَوْزُونَاتٍ mawzūnātin	الْمَوْزُونَاتِ al-mawzūnāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mövzun
• → Ottoman Turkish: موزون (mevzun)
  • Turkish: mevzun

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْزُون (mawzūn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maw.ˈzuːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäw.zúːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäw.zúːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäw.zúːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäw.zún]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mow.zúːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäw.zún]

Readings
Classical reading?	mawzūn
Dari reading?	mawzūn
Iranian reading?	mowzun
Tajik reading?	mavzun

Adjective

موزون • (mowzun)

1. rhythmical, cadenced
2. elegant, well-proportioned
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 135:

     ای ز سر تا بقدم حسن تو موزون و ملیح
     خال رخسار ترا بر مه تابان ترجیح

     ay zi sar tā ba-qadam husn-i tō mawzūn u malīh
     xāl-i ruxsār-i tu-rā bar mah-i tābān tarjīh

     O you whose beauty is elegant and graceful from head to toe,
     I prefer the mole on your cheek to the shining moon.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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