See also: مور

Arabic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭬 𐭅 𐭆 (mwc /⁠mōz⁠/), from Sanskrit मोच (moca), then, according to Roger Blench, via Dravidian (compare Tamil மோத்தை (mōttai, banana flower) from Malayo-Polynesian (compare Dobel muɁu, Manggarai muku) from Trans-New Guinea (compare Fataluku muɁu, Mosimo mugu), ultimately from Proto-Trans-New Guinea *mugu.[1]

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Noun

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مَوْز (mawzm (collective, singulative مَوْزَة f (mawza))

  1. banana

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Hijazi Arabic: موز (mōz)
  • Amharic: ሙዝ (muz)
  • Middle Armenian: մոզ (moz)
  • Ge'ez: ሙዝ (muz)
  • Harari: ሙዝ (mūz)
  • Hebrew: מוז (moz)
  • Ottoman Turkish: موز (mevz, muz)
  • Classical Persian: مَوْز (mawz)
  • Swahili: mazu
  • Tigre: ሙዝ (muz)
  • Tigrinya: ሙዝ (muz)

References

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  1. ^ Blench, Roger (2016) “Things your classics master never told you: a borrowing from Trans New Guinea languages into Latin”, in Academia.edu[1], Academia, Inc.
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “mōz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Chagatai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *būŕ.

Noun

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موز (muz) (plural موزلار)

  1. ice

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Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

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Noun

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موز (mōzm (collective, singulative موزة f (mōza), plural موزات (mōzāt))

  1. (collective) banana

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mɛvz], [mɛˈviz], [muz]

Noun

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موز (mevz, meviz, muz)

  1. banana

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Persian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭬 𐭅 𐭆 (mwc /⁠mōz⁠/), from an earlier Middle Persian mōč⁠, from Sanskrit मोच (moca), derived from Dravidian (compare Tamil மோத்தை (mōttai, banana flower), from Malayo-Polynesian (see Dobel muɁu, Manggarai muku), from Trans-New Guinea (see Fataluku muɁu, Mosimo mugu) and lastly from Proto-Trans-New Guinea *mugu.

The Arsacid/Early Middle Persian consonant č⁠ when occurring after a vowel went through a lenition process resulting in z by the end of Sassanid time, because of this it is highly unlikely this word is a loanword from Arabic as what would be borrowed exactly. Although there might have been an influence in the pronunciation of aw instead of native ō.

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Readings
Classical reading? mōz, mawz
Dari reading? mōz
Iranian reading? mowz
Tajik reading? mavz

Noun

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Dari کیله
Iranian Persian مُوز
Tajik банан, мавз

موز (mowz) (plural موزها (mowz-hâ))

  1. (chiefly Iran or dated) banana

References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “mōz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Shina

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit मांस (māṁsá).

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موز (moz)

  1. meat, flesh

Further reading

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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /moːz/, [moːz]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

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موز (mōzm (collective, singulative موزة f (mōze), paucal موزات (mōzāt))

  1. (uncountable) bananas

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian مَوْز (mawz), from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

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Noun

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مَوز (mauzm (Hindi spelling मौज़)

  1. a type of banana

References

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  • موز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • موز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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