Moon

See also: moon, mo-on, mòòn, and Möön

English

Etymology 1

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Moon

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Al-Qamar

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The Moon's astronomical/astrological symbol ⟨☽⟩ (often reversed to ⟨☾⟩)

From Middle English Mone, mone, from Old English mōna, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /muːn/
Audio (Received Pronunciation): (file)
Audio (Received Pronunciation): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /mun/
Audio (General American): (file)
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -uːn

Proper noun

Moon or the Moon

The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
(paganism) A personification of the moon.
- 1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, Anglo-Saxon Books, →ISBN, page 15:
  Moon, the companion of Night, waxes and wanes, and we call this time a month.
- 2005, Falcon Stow, An Anglo-Saxon Almanac, privately published, page 13:
  Moon's Day.
- 2005, Diana Paxson, Taking up the Runes, Weiser Books, →ISBN, page 328:
  Sun come, Moon come, Seed time, dry time, fog and rain, Sowing, growing, reaping, resting, Sun come, Moon come, etc.
The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Synonyms

(Earth's moon): (literary) Cynthia, Luna, (poetic) Selene
(astronomy, astrology): ☾, ☽

Derived terms

Translations

sole natural satellite of the Earth

Abkhaz: Амза (Amza)
Afrikaans: Maan, maan (af)
Albanian: Hënë f, hënë (sq) f
Amharic: ጨረቃ (am) (č̣äräḳa)
Arabic: قَمَر (ar) m (qamar)
Egyptian Arabic: قمر m (ʔamar)
Aramaic:
Hebrew: סהרא c (sahrā, sahro)

Syriac: ܣܗܪܐ c (sahrā, sahro), ܣܝܢܐ m (sīnā)
Armenian: Լուսին (hy) (Lusin)
Assamese: জোন (zün)
Asturian: Lluna (ast) f
Aymara: Phaxsi
Azerbaijani: Ay (az), ay (az), qəmər
Bashkir: Ай (Ay), ай (ay)
Bats: ბუთთ (butt)
Belarusian: Ме́сяц m (Mjésjac), ме́сяц (be) m (mjésjac), Луна́ f (Luná)
Bengali: চাঁদ (bn) (cãd)
Bulgarian: Луна́ f (Luná), луна́ (bg) f (luná)
Burmese: လ (my) (la.)
Caijia: kʷɔ⁵⁵pe⁵⁵ja²¹
Carpathian Rusyn: Мі́сяць m (Mísjacʹ)
Catalan: lluna (ca) f
Chechen: бутт (butt)
Cherokee: ᏒᏃᏱᎡᎯᏅᏙ (svnoyiehinvdo)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 月亮 (jyut⁶ loeng⁶), 月 (yue) (jyut⁶), 月球 (jyut⁶ kau⁴)

Dungan: Йүәлён (Yüəli͡on), Йүәр (Yüər), Йүә (Yüə), Тяндын (Ti͡andɨn)

Hokkien: 月娘 (zh-min-nan) (goe̍h-niû, ge̍h-niû), 月亮 (goe̍h-liāng), 月 (zh-min-nan) (goe̍h, ge̍h), 月 (zh-min-nan) (gua̍t), 月球 (go̍eh-kiû, ge̍h-kiû)

Mandarin: 月亮 (zh) (yuèliàng), 月 (zh) (yuè), 月球 (zh) (yuèqiú), 天燈／天灯 (zh) (Tiāndēng)
Czech: Měsíc (cs) m
Danish: Månen (da) c
Dhivehi: ހަނދު (dv) (haⁿdu)
Dutch: maan (nl) f, Maan (nl) f
Dzongkha: ཟླ་བ (zla ba)
Esperanto: Luno (eo)
Estonian: Kuu (et), kuu (et)
Ewe: dzinu n, ɣleti n
Faroese: mánin (fo) m
Fijian: Vula
Finnish: Kuu (fi)
French: lune (fr) f, Lune (fr) f
Galician: Lúa (gl) f
Georgian: მთვარე (ka) (mtvare)
German: Mond (de) m, Erdtrabant (de) m, Erdsatellit m
Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 m (mēna)
Greek: σελήνη (el) f (selíni), φεγγάρι (el) n (fengári)
Ancient: ἀγαθή τύχη f (agathḗ túkhē)
Greenlandic: Qaammat
Guaraní: Jasy (gn)
Guerrero Amuzgo: chi'
Gujarati: ચંદ્ર (gu) (candra)
Haitian Creole: Lalin
Hausa: Wata (ha)
Hebrew: יָרֵחַ (he) m (yaréakh), לְבָנָה (he) f (l'vaná)
Hindi: चन्द्रमा (hi) m (candramā), चंद्रमा (hi) m (candramā), चांद m (cānd), चंद्र (hi) m (candra)
Hungarian: Hold (hu)
Icelandic: tungl (is) n, máni (is) m
Ido: luno (io)
Indonesian: bulan (id), rembulan (id)
Ingush: бутт (butt)
Irish: an Ghealach f
Isthmus Zapotec: beeu
Italian: Luna (it) f
Jamaican Creole: Muun
Japanese: 月 (ja) (つき, tsukí), ムーン (ja) (Mūn)
Javanese: Rembulan
Kabardian: Мазэ (Mazɛ)
Kannada: ಚಂದ್ರ (kn) (candra)
Kapampangan: bulan
Karok: ikxarámkuusra
Kashubian: Miesądz m
Kazakh: Ай (Ai), ай (ai)
Khmer: ច័ន្ទ (can), ខែ (km) (khae)
Korean: 달 (ko) (dal), 월(月) (ko) (wol), 문 (ko) (Mun)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: مانگ (ckb) (mang)

Northern Kurdish: heyv (ku), hîv (ku)
Kyrgyz: Ай (Ay), ай (ky) (ay)
Lakota: haŋwí
Lao: ຈັນ (chan)
Latin: luna (la) f
Latvian: mēness (lv) m, Mēness m
Laz: თუთა (tuta)
Lingala: Sánzá
Lithuanian: mėnulis (lt) m
Macedonian: Месечина f (Mesečina), месечина f (mesečina)
Malagasy: Volana (mg)
Malay: bulan (ms)
Malayalam: ചന്ദ്രന് (candraṉ), തിങ്കള് (tiṅkaḷ)
Maltese: qamar (mt) m
Marathi: चंद्र (candra)
Maricopa: xlyʼa
Mingrelian: თუთა (tuta)
Miskito: kati
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Сар (Sar), сар (mn) (sar)

Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠷᠠ (sara)
Navajo: ooljééʼ
Nepali: चन्द्रमा (ne) (candramā)
Ngarrindjeri: Markeri
Norwegian:
Bokmål: måne (no) m

Nynorsk: måne (nn) m
O'odham: maṣad
Occitan: luna (oc) f
Odia: ଜହ୍ନ (or) (jahna)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: мѣсѧць m (měsęcĭ)
Old East Slavic: мѣсѧць m (měsęcĭ)
Old English: mōna m
Old Occitan: luna
Old Persian: 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (māha)
Old Prussian: menig, *menins
Old Tupi: îasy
Ossetian: Мӕй (Mæj)
Pannonian Rusyn: Мешац m (Mešac), мешац m (mešac)
Pashto: سپوږمۍ (ps) f (spoģmëy), قمر (ps) m (qamar)
Persian:
Dari: مَاه (fa) m (māh), قَمَر (fa) (qamar)

Iranian Persian: ماه (fa) m (mâh), قَمَر (fa) (ğamar) (poetic), مانْگ (fa) (mâng), لوخَن (luxan) (archaic), آیِشْم (fa) (âyešm) (archaic), مَهْتاب (fa) (mahtâb)
Polish: Księżyc (pl) m
Portuguese: Lua (pt) f
Punjabi: ਚੰਦਰਮਾ (candramā)
Quechua: Killa
Rapa Nui: mahina
Rohingya: san
Romani: ćhon m
Romanian: lună (ro) f
Russian: Луна́ (ru) f (Luná), луна́ (ru) f (luná), ме́сяц (ru) m (mésjac)
Saanich: ȽḴÁL¸J
Sanskrit: चन्द्र (sa) m (candra)
Scots: Mune
Scottish Gaelic: A’ Ghealach f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ме̏се̄ц m, Мје̏се̄ц m

Roman: Mȅsēc (sh) m, Mjȅsēc (sh) m
Shona: Mwedzi
Sindhi: چَنڊُ (sd) m (chandu)
Sinhalese: චන්ද්‍රයා (si) (candrayā)
Slovak: Mesiac (sk) m, mesiac (sk) m
Slovene: Lúna (sl) m, Mésec (sl) m
Somali: Dayax
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Mjasec m

Upper Sorbian: Měsačk m
Southern Altai: Ай (Ay)
Spanish: Luna (es) f
Svan: დოშდულ (došdul)
Swahili: mwezi (sw)
Swedish: månen (sv) c (definite singular), måne (sv) c
Tagalog: buwan (tl), Bulan
Tajik: Моҳ (Moh), моҳ (tg) (moh), қамар (qamar)
Tamil: நிலா (ta) (nilā), திங்கள் (ta) (tiṅkaḷ)
Tatar: Ай (Ay), ай (tt) (ay)
Telugu: చంద్రుడు (te) (candruḍu), చందమామ (te) (candamāma)
Thai: ดวง จันทร์ (duuang-jan)
Tibetan: ཟླ་བ (zla ba)
Tok Pisin: Mun
Tongan: Māhina
Tswana: Ngwedi
Tumbuka: Mwezi
Tupinambá: jassy
Turkish: Ay (tr), kamer (tr) (dated)
Turkmen: Aý, aý (tk)
Tày: hai, bẳng bươn
Ukrainian: Мі́сяць (uk) m (Mísjacʹ), мі́сяць (uk) m (mísjacʹ)
Urdu: چانْد m (cānd), چَنْدْرَما m (candramā), چَنْدْرَماں m (candramā̃), ماہ (māh), قَمَر m (qamar), مَہْتاب m (mahtāb)
Ute: (i) ^{(please verify)} mi'jarogopic (Chemehuevi)
Uyghur: ئاي (ug) (ay)
Uzbek: Oy, oy (uz)
Venetan: Łuna f
Vietnamese: mặt trăng (vi), Mặt trăng
Warlpiri: pira
Welsh: y Lleuad, y Lloer
Western Apache: tłʼéʼgonaʼáí
Wolof: Weer
Yakut: Ый (Iy)
Yiddish: לבֿנה f (levone)
Zulu: Inyanga class 9/10
Záparo: kashíkwa
Yoruba: Òṣùpá
Zhuang: Ronghndwen

54th sura of the Qur'an

Arabic: سُورَةُ الْقَمَر f (sūratu l-qamar)
Russian: Аль-Ка́мар m (Alʹ-Kámar)
Uyghur: قەمەر (qemer)

surname

Japanese: 文 (ja), 門 (ja), ムン
Korean: 문 (ko) (mun)

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Translations to be checked

Central Sierra Miwok: kom'é-

Etymology 2

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A variant of Mohan, from Irish.
A habitational name of Norman origin from Moyon in La Manche. Compare Mounce.
Americanized form of German Mohn or a similar surname.
A variant of Mun, from Korean.
A variant Romanization of Chinese 文 (Wén), 萬／万 (Wàn), and 滿／满 (Mǎn).
Possibly from Cantonese 滿／满 (mun⁵, “full; complete”).^[1]

Proper noun

Moon

A surname.
A number of places in the United States:
1. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.
2. A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
3. A ghost town in Pennington County, South Dakota.
4. An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.
5. An unincorporated community in Marathon County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Moon is the 758th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 45,528 individuals. Moon is most common among White (65.7%) and Black/African American (10.0%) individuals. [1]

References

^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Moon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 615.

Anagrams

Mono, OMON, mono, mono-, nomo-

[1] Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Moon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 615.

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