عضو

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ض و (ʕ-ḍ-w).

Pronunciation

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Noun

عُضْو or عِضْو (ʕuḍw or ʕiḍw) m (plural أَعْضَاء (ʔaʕḍāʔ))

  1. organ
  2. member
  3. limb
  4. branch, piece, section

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: üzv
  • Ottoman Turkish: عضو (uzv, vulg. uzuv)
  • Persian: عضو ('ozv)
  • Sindhi: عضوو
  • Urdu: عضو (uzv)
  • Uzbek: uzv

(via plural form أَعْضَاء (ʔaʕḍāʔ)):

References

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عُضْو (ʕuḍw).

Pronunciation

Noun

عضو ('ozv) (plural اعضا (a'zâ) or عضوها ('ozv-hâ))

  1. member

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُضْو (ʕuḍw).

Pronunciation

Noun

عُضْو (uzv) m (plural اعضا, Hindi spelling उज़्व)

  1. member, organ

Further reading

  • Platts, John T. (1884), عضو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • عضو”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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