موضع

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
و ض ع (w-ḍ-ʕ)

Noun of place from the verb وَضَعَ (waḍaʕa, “to put”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

مَوْضِع • (mawḍiʕ) m (plural مَوَاضِع (mawāḍiʕ))

1. verbal noun of وَضَعَ (waḍaʕa) (form I)
2. position
3. place

Declension

Declension of noun مَوْضِع (mawḍiʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوْضِع mawḍiʕ	الْمَوْضِع al-mawḍiʕ	مَوْضِع mawḍiʕ
Nominative	مَوْضِعٌ mawḍiʕun	الْمَوْضِعُ al-mawḍiʕu	مَوْضِعُ mawḍiʕu
Accusative	مَوْضِعًا mawḍiʕan	الْمَوْضِعَ al-mawḍiʕa	مَوْضِعَ mawḍiʕa
Genitive	مَوْضِعٍ mawḍiʕin	الْمَوْضِعِ al-mawḍiʕi	مَوْضِعِ mawḍiʕi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوْضِعَيْن mawḍiʕayn	الْمَوْضِعَيْن al-mawḍiʕayn	مَوْضِعَيْ mawḍiʕay
Nominative	مَوْضِعَانِ mawḍiʕāni	الْمَوْضِعَانِ al-mawḍiʕāni	مَوْضِعَا mawḍiʕā
Accusative	مَوْضِعَيْنِ mawḍiʕayni	الْمَوْضِعَيْنِ al-mawḍiʕayni	مَوْضِعَيْ mawḍiʕay
Genitive	مَوْضِعَيْنِ mawḍiʕayni	الْمَوْضِعَيْنِ al-mawḍiʕayni	مَوْضِعَيْ mawḍiʕay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوَاضِع mawāḍiʕ	الْمَوَاضِع al-mawāḍiʕ	مَوَاضِع mawāḍiʕ
Nominative	مَوَاضِعُ mawāḍiʕu	الْمَوَاضِعُ al-mawāḍiʕu	مَوَاضِعُ mawāḍiʕu
Accusative	مَوَاضِعَ mawāḍiʕa	الْمَوَاضِعَ al-mawāḍiʕa	مَوَاضِعَ mawāḍiʕa
Genitive	مَوَاضِعَ mawāḍiʕa	الْمَوَاضِعِ al-mawāḍiʕi	مَوَاضِعِ mawāḍiʕi

Descendants

• Moroccan Arabic: موضع (mūṭaʕ, mūḍaʕ)
• → Ottoman Turkish: موضع (mevzı)
  • Turkish: mevzi
• → Persian: موضع (mowze')
• → Urdu: موضع (mauze', mauza)

Etymology 2

Noun

مَوْضَع • (mawḍaʕ) m

1. verbal noun of وَضَعَ (waḍaʕa) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun مَوْضَع (mawḍaʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوْضَع mawḍaʕ	الْمَوْضَع al-mawḍaʕ	مَوْضَع mawḍaʕ
Nominative	مَوْضَعٌ mawḍaʕun	الْمَوْضَعُ al-mawḍaʕu	مَوْضَعُ mawḍaʕu
Accusative	مَوْضَعًا mawḍaʕan	الْمَوْضَعَ al-mawḍaʕa	مَوْضَعَ mawḍaʕa
Genitive	مَوْضَعٍ mawḍaʕin	الْمَوْضَعِ al-mawḍaʕi	مَوْضَعِ mawḍaʕi

Moroccan Arabic

Root
و ض ع
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic مَوْضَع (mawḍaʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maw.tˤaʕ/, /maw.dˤaʕ/, /muː.tˤaʕ/, /muː.dˤaʕ/

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Noun

موضع • (mawṭaʕ or mawḍaʕ or mūṭaʕ or mūḍaʕ) m (plural مواضع (mwāṭaʕ or mwāḍaʕ) or ماضع (māṭaʕ or māḍaʕ))

1. place, location, spot

   Synonyms: بلاصة (blāṣa), مكان (mkān)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْضِع (mawḍiʕ).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäw.zɪ́ʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäw.zɪ́]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäw.zí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mow.zéʔ]

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

Readings
Classical reading?	mawzi'
Dari reading?	mawze'
Iranian reading?	mowze'
Tajik reading?	mavzeʾ

Noun

موضع • (mowze') (plural مواضع (mavâze'))

1. position, location

   Synonyms: مکان (makân), موقعیت (mowqe'iyyat)

   • c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 169”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎^[1]:

     نه به یک شغل ستوده‌ست و به یک موضع
     که به هر کار ستوده‌ست و به هر معدن

     na ba yak kār sutūda-st u ba yak mawzi'
     ki ba har kār sutūda-st u ba har ma'dan

     You are not praised for a single thing, nor in a single place,
     For you are praised for everything, and in every quarry.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

   • 2024 April 2, “حمله به کنسولگری ایران در سوریه؛ اسرائیل به دنبال چیست؟”, in bbc.com/persian‎^[2], BBC Persian:

     از زمان آغاز جنگ غزه نیز، در حاشیه حملات گسترده اسرائیل به فلسطینی‌ها و درگیری‌های پراکنده و بی‌رمق این کشور با حزب‌الله لبنان، حملات به مواضع ایران و اعضای سپاه در سوریه نیز ادامه داشته است.

     az zamân-e âğâz-e jang-e ğazze niz, dar hâšiye-ye hamalât-e gostarde-ye esrâ'il be felestini-hâ va dargiri-hâ-ye parâkande va bi-ramaq-e in kešvar bâ hezbollâh-e lobnân, hamalât be mavâze'-e irân va a'zâ-ye sepâh dar suriye niz edâme dâšte ast.

     Since the beginning of the war in Gaza as well, on the sidelines of Israel's widespread attacks against Palestinians and its scattered and low-intensity clashes with Hezbollah, attacks on Iranian positions and IRGC members in Syria have also continued.

2. position, view, opinion

   Synonym: دیدگاه (didgâh)

   موضع شما در این باره چیست؟

   mowze'-e šomā dar in bāre čist?

   What is your position on this issue?

   • 2024 May 26, “اعلام مواضع ایران درباره بوسنی و هرزگوین در سازمان ملل”, in donya-e-eqtesad.com, Donya-e-Eqtesad:

     جمهوری اسلامی ایران بر موضع اصولی خود در حمایت از صلح، ثبات و امنیت در بوسنی و هرزگوین و منطقه بالکان که ذیل آن می‌توان همزیستی مسالمت‌آمیز همه مردم کشور و آن منطقه را بدون توجه به قومیت و مذهب‌شان حفظ و تقویت کرد، تاکید دارد.

     jomhuri-ye eslâmi-ye irân bar mowze'-e osuli-ye xod dar hemâyat as solh, sabât va amniyat dar bosni va herzegovin va mantaqe-ye bâlkân ke zeyl-e ân mi-tavân hamzisti-ye mosâlemat-âmiz-e hame-ye mardom-e kešvar va ân mantaqe râ bedun-e tavajjoh be qowmiyat va mazhab-ešân hefz va taqvitar kard, ta'kid dârad.

     The Islamic Republic of Iran emphasizes its principled position of supporting peace, stability, and security in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Balkan region, under which peaceful coexistence for all people in the country and the region can be maintained and strengthened regardless of ethnicity or religion.

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “موضع”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “موضع”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian موضع (mawzi', mawza'), from Arabic مَوْضِع (mawḍiʕ) / مَوْضَع (mawḍaʕ).

Noun

موضع • (mauze', mauza') m (Hindi spelling मौज़ा)

1. place
2. position
3. situation
4. post
5. parcel, plot
6. district
7. township
8. occasion
9. occurrence
10. conjuncture