متواضع

Arabic

Root
و ض ع (w-ḍ-ʕ)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of تَوَاضَعَ (tawāḍaʕa, to humble oneself, to be humble, to behave modestly).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.ta.waː.dˤiʕ/
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Adjective

مُتَوَاضِع • (mutawāḍiʕ) (masculine plural مُتَوَاضِعُونَ (mutawāḍiʕūna), feminine plural مُتَوَاضِعَات (mutawāḍiʕāt), elative أَكْثَرُ تَوَاضُعًا (ʔakṯaru tawāḍuʕan) or أَشَدُّ تَوَاضُعًا (ʔašaddu tawāḍuʕan))

  1. humble, modest
  2. insignificant
  3. condescending

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: mütəvazi
  • Ottoman Turkish: متواضع (mütevazı)
  • Persian: متواضع

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “متواضع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “وضع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مُتَوَاضِع (mutawāḍiʕ).

Adjective

متواضع • (motavâze')

  1. humble
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