وعظ

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
و ع ظ (w ʕ ẓ)
4 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.ʕa.ðˤa/

Verb

وَعَظَ • (waʕaẓa) I (non-past يَعِظُ (yaʕiẓu), verbal noun وَعْظ (waʕẓ) or عِظَة (ʕiẓa) or مَوْعِظَة (mawʕiẓa))

1. to announce future reward or punishment, to warn
2. to preach

Conjugation

    Conjugation of وَعَظَ (I, assimilated, a ~ i, full passive, verbal nouns وَعْظ, عِظَة, مَوْعِظَة)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						وَعْظ, عِظَة, مَوْعِظَة waʕẓ, ʕiẓa, mawʕiẓa
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						وَاعِظ wāʕiẓ
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَوْعُوظ mawʕūẓ
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	وَعَظْتُ waʕaẓtu	وَعَظْتَ waʕaẓta	وَعَظَ waʕaẓa		وَعَظْتُمَا waʕaẓtumā	وَعَظَا waʕaẓā		وَعَظْنَا waʕaẓnā	وَعَظْتُمْ waʕaẓtum	وَعَظُوا waʕaẓū
	f		وَعَظْتِ waʕaẓti	وَعَظَتْ waʕaẓat			وَعَظَتَا waʕaẓatā			وَعَظْتُنَّ waʕaẓtunna	وَعَظْنَ waʕaẓna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَعِظُ ʔaʕiẓu	تَعِظُ taʕiẓu	يَعِظُ yaʕiẓu		تَعِظَانِ taʕiẓāni	يَعِظَانِ yaʕiẓāni		نَعِظُ naʕiẓu	تَعِظُونَ taʕiẓūna	يَعِظُونَ yaʕiẓūna
	f		تَعِظِينَ taʕiẓīna	تَعِظُ taʕiẓu			تَعِظَانِ taʕiẓāni			تَعِظْنَ taʕiẓna	يَعِظْنَ yaʕiẓna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَعِظَ ʔaʕiẓa	تَعِظَ taʕiẓa	يَعِظَ yaʕiẓa		تَعِظَا taʕiẓā	يَعِظَا yaʕiẓā		نَعِظَ naʕiẓa	تَعِظُوا taʕiẓū	يَعِظُوا yaʕiẓū
	f		تَعِظِي taʕiẓī	تَعِظَ taʕiẓa			تَعِظَا taʕiẓā			تَعِظْنَ taʕiẓna	يَعِظْنَ yaʕiẓna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَعِظْ ʔaʕiẓ	تَعِظْ taʕiẓ	يَعِظْ yaʕiẓ		تَعِظَا taʕiẓā	يَعِظَا yaʕiẓā		نَعِظْ naʕiẓ	تَعِظُوا taʕiẓū	يَعِظُوا yaʕiẓū
	f		تَعِظِي taʕiẓī	تَعِظْ taʕiẓ			تَعِظَا taʕiẓā			تَعِظْنَ taʕiẓna	يَعِظْنَ yaʕiẓna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		عِظْ ʕiẓ			عِظَا ʕiẓā				عِظُوا ʕiẓū
	f		عِظِي ʕiẓī							عِظْنَ ʕiẓna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	وُعِظْتُ wuʕiẓtu	وُعِظْتَ wuʕiẓta	وُعِظَ wuʕiẓa		وُعِظْتُمَا wuʕiẓtumā	وُعِظَا wuʕiẓā		وُعِظْنَا wuʕiẓnā	وُعِظْتُمْ wuʕiẓtum	وُعِظُوا wuʕiẓū
	f		وُعِظْتِ wuʕiẓti	وُعِظَتْ wuʕiẓat			وُعِظَتَا wuʕiẓatā			وُعِظْتُنَّ wuʕiẓtunna	وُعِظْنَ wuʕiẓna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُوعَظُ ʔūʕaẓu	تُوعَظُ tūʕaẓu	يُوعَظُ yūʕaẓu		تُوعَظَانِ tūʕaẓāni	يُوعَظَانِ yūʕaẓāni		نُوعَظُ nūʕaẓu	تُوعَظُونَ tūʕaẓūna	يُوعَظُونَ yūʕaẓūna
	f		تُوعَظِينَ tūʕaẓīna	تُوعَظُ tūʕaẓu			تُوعَظَانِ tūʕaẓāni			تُوعَظْنَ tūʕaẓna	يُوعَظْنَ yūʕaẓna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُوعَظَ ʔūʕaẓa	تُوعَظَ tūʕaẓa	يُوعَظَ yūʕaẓa		تُوعَظَا tūʕaẓā	يُوعَظَا yūʕaẓā		نُوعَظَ nūʕaẓa	تُوعَظُوا tūʕaẓū	يُوعَظُوا yūʕaẓū
	f		تُوعَظِي tūʕaẓī	تُوعَظَ tūʕaẓa			تُوعَظَا tūʕaẓā			تُوعَظْنَ tūʕaẓna	يُوعَظْنَ yūʕaẓna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُوعَظْ ʔūʕaẓ	تُوعَظْ tūʕaẓ	يُوعَظْ yūʕaẓ		تُوعَظَا tūʕaẓā	يُوعَظَا yūʕaẓā		نُوعَظْ nūʕaẓ	تُوعَظُوا tūʕaẓū	يُوعَظُوا yūʕaẓū
	f		تُوعَظِي tūʕaẓī	تُوعَظْ tūʕaẓ			تُوعَظَا tūʕaẓā			تُوعَظْنَ tūʕaẓna	يُوعَظْنَ yūʕaẓna

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waʕðˤ/

Noun

وَعْظ • (waʕẓ) m

1. verbal noun of وَعَظَ (waʕaẓa, “to warn, preach”) (form I)
2. warning, admonition
3. sermon

Declension

Declension of noun وَعْظ (waʕẓ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَعْظ waʕẓ	الْوَعْظ al-waʕẓ	وَعْظ waʕẓ
Nominative	وَعْظٌ waʕẓun	الْوَعْظُ al-waʕẓu	وَعْظُ waʕẓu
Accusative	وَعْظًا waʕẓan	الْوَعْظَ al-waʕẓa	وَعْظَ waʕẓa
Genitive	وَعْظٍ waʕẓin	الْوَعْظِ al-waʕẓi	وَعْظِ waʕẓi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: vəz
• → Bashkir: вәғәз (vəğəz)
• → Crimean Tatar: vaaz
• → Kazakh: уағыз (uağyz)
• → Northern Kurdish: weiz
• → Ottoman Turkish: وعظ (vaz)
  • Turkish: vaaz
• → Persian: وعظ (va'z)
  • → Bengali: ওয়াজ (ōẇaj)
• → Swahili: waadhi
• → Tatar: вәгазь (wägaz’), wäğäz
• → Turkmen: wagyz
• → Uyghur: ۋەز (wez)
• → Uzbek: vaʼz

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَعْظ (waʕẓ, “warning, admonition; sermon”).

Noun

وعظ • (vaʼz) (definite accusative وعظی (vaʼzı), plural وعظلر (vaʼzlar))

1. admonition, warning, a verbal or written statement by an authority that one has erred or may err and should not persist

   Synonym: اوكوت (öğüt)

2. sermon, homily, a religious discourse or oration by a preacher addressing a scriptural, theological, or moral topic

   Synonyms: خطبه (hutbe), عظه (ʼıza)

Derived terms

• وعظ ایتمك (vaʼz etmek, “to lecture, to preach”)

Descendants

• Turkish: vaaz

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “vaz”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5077
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “va'z”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1370
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “وعظ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1312
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Monitio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1075
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “وعظ”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 5390
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vaaz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وعظ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2142

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَعْظ (waʕẓ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [waʔz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäʔz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäʔz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væʔz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [väʔz]

Readings
Classical reading?	wa'z
Dari reading?	wa'z
Iranian reading?	va'z
Tajik reading?	vaʾz

Noun

Dari	وعظ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ваъз

وعظ • (va'z)

1. (literary) sermon

   Synonym: موعظه (mow'eze)