موسوم

Arabic

Root
و س م (w s m)
10 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maw.suːm/
• Rhymes: -uːm

Adjective

مَوْسُوم • (mawsūm)

1. named; known; branded

Declension

Declension of participle مَوْسُوم (mawsūm)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَوْسُوم mawsūm	الْمَوْسُوم al-mawsūm	مَوْسُومَة mawsūma	الْمَوْسُومَة al-mawsūma
Nominative	مَوْسُومٌ mawsūmun	الْمَوْسُومُ al-mawsūmu	مَوْسُومَةٌ mawsūmatun	الْمَوْسُومَةُ al-mawsūmatu
Accusative	مَوْسُومًا mawsūman	الْمَوْسُومَ al-mawsūma	مَوْسُومَةً mawsūmatan	الْمَوْسُومَةَ al-mawsūmata
Genitive	مَوْسُومٍ mawsūmin	الْمَوْسُومِ al-mawsūmi	مَوْسُومَةٍ mawsūmatin	الْمَوْسُومَةِ al-mawsūmati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَوْسُومَيْن mawsūmayn	الْمَوْسُومَيْن al-mawsūmayn	مَوْسُومَتَيْن mawsūmatayn	الْمَوْسُومَتَيْن al-mawsūmatayn
Nominative	مَوْسُومَانِ mawsūmāni	الْمَوْسُومَانِ al-mawsūmāni	مَوْسُومَتَانِ mawsūmatāni	الْمَوْسُومَتَانِ al-mawsūmatāni
Accusative	مَوْسُومَيْنِ mawsūmayni	الْمَوْسُومَيْنِ al-mawsūmayni	مَوْسُومَتَيْنِ mawsūmatayni	الْمَوْسُومَتَيْنِ al-mawsūmatayni
Genitive	مَوْسُومَيْنِ mawsūmayni	الْمَوْسُومَيْنِ al-mawsūmayni	مَوْسُومَتَيْنِ mawsūmatayni	الْمَوْسُومَتَيْنِ al-mawsūmatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَوْسُومِين mawsūmīn	الْمَوْسُومِين al-mawsūmīn	مَوْسُومَات mawsūmāt	الْمَوْسُومَات al-mawsūmāt
Nominative	مَوْسُومُونَ mawsūmūna	الْمَوْسُومُونَ al-mawsūmūna	مَوْسُومَاتٌ mawsūmātun	الْمَوْسُومَاتُ al-mawsūmātu
Accusative	مَوْسُومِينَ mawsūmīna	الْمَوْسُومِينَ al-mawsūmīna	مَوْسُومَاتٍ mawsūmātin	الْمَوْسُومَاتِ al-mawsūmāti
Genitive	مَوْسُومِينَ mawsūmīna	الْمَوْسُومِينَ al-mawsūmīna	مَوْسُومَاتٍ mawsūmātin	الْمَوْسُومَاتِ al-mawsūmāti

Descendants

• → Persian: موسوم (mowsum)
  • → Urdu: موسوم (mausūm)
• → Ottoman Turkish: موسوم (mevsüm)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْسُوم (mawsūm).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɔː.suːm/
• Rhymes: -uːm
• Hyphenation: مَو‧سُوم

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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• 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.