واعظ

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
و ع ظ (w ʕ ẓ)
4 terms

Derived from the active participle of وَعَظَ (waʕaẓa, to preach).

Noun

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وَاعِظ (wāʕiẓm (plural وَاعِظُونَ (wāʕiẓūna) or وُعَّاظ (wuʕʕāẓ), feminine وَاعِظَة (wāʕiẓa))

  1. preacher

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: vaiz
  • Northern Kurdish: waiz
  • Ottoman Turkish: واعظ (vāʿiz)
    > Turkish: vaiz (inherited)
  • Persian: واعظ (vâ'ez)
  • Uyghur: ۋائىز (wa'iz)
  • Uzbek: voiz

References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “وعظ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN