عضو

Arabic

Root
ع ض و (ʕ ḍ w)
1 term

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕudˤw/, /ʕidˤw/

Noun

عُضْو or عِضْو • (ʕuḍw or ʕiḍwm (plural أَعْضَاء (ʔaʕḍāʔ))

  1. organ
  2. member
    أَنَا عُضْوٌ فِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلْمُنَظَّمَةِ.
    ʔanā ʕuḍwun fī hāḏihi l-munaẓẓamati.
    I am a member of this organization.
  3. limb
  4. branch, piece, section

Declension

Declension of noun عُضْو (ʕuḍw)‎; عِضْو (ʕiḍw)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal عُضْو‎; عِضْو
ʕuḍw‎; ʕiḍw
الْعُضْو‎; الْعِضْو
al-ʕuḍw‎; al-ʕiḍw
عُضْو‎; عِضْو
ʕuḍw‎; ʕiḍw
nominative عُضْوٌ‎; عِضْوٌ
ʕuḍwun‎; ʕiḍwun
الْعُضْوُ‎; الْعِضْوُ
al-ʕuḍwu‎; al-ʕiḍwu
عُضْوُ‎; عِضْوُ
ʕuḍwu‎; ʕiḍwu
accusative عُضْوًا‎; عِضْوًا
ʕuḍwan‎; ʕiḍwan
الْعُضْوَ‎; الْعِضْوَ
al-ʕuḍwa‎; al-ʕiḍwa
عُضْوَ‎; عِضْوَ
ʕuḍwa‎; ʕiḍwa
genitive عُضْوٍ‎; عِضْوٍ
ʕuḍwin‎; ʕiḍwin
الْعُضْوِ‎; الْعِضْوِ
al-ʕuḍwi‎; al-ʕiḍwi
عُضْوِ‎; عِضْوِ
ʕuḍwi‎; ʕiḍwi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal عُضْوَيْن‎; عِضْوَيْن
ʕuḍwayn‎; ʕiḍwayn
الْعُضْوَيْن‎; الْعِضْوَيْن
al-ʕuḍwayn‎; al-ʕiḍwayn
عُضْوَيْ‎; عِضْوَيْ
ʕuḍway‎; ʕiḍway
nominative عُضْوَانِ‎; عِضْوَانِ
ʕuḍwāni‎; ʕiḍwāni
الْعُضْوَانِ‎; الْعِضْوَانِ
al-ʕuḍwāni‎; al-ʕiḍwāni
عُضْوَا‎; عِضْوَا
ʕuḍwā‎; ʕiḍwā
accusative عُضْوَيْنِ‎; عِضْوَيْنِ
ʕuḍwayni‎; ʕiḍwayni
الْعُضْوَيْنِ‎; الْعِضْوَيْنِ
al-ʕuḍwayni‎; al-ʕiḍwayni
عُضْوَيْ‎; عِضْوَيْ
ʕuḍway‎; ʕiḍway
genitive عُضْوَيْنِ‎; عِضْوَيْنِ
ʕuḍwayni‎; ʕiḍwayni
الْعُضْوَيْنِ‎; الْعِضْوَيْنِ
al-ʕuḍwayni‎; al-ʕiḍwayni
عُضْوَيْ‎; عِضْوَيْ
ʕuḍway‎; ʕiḍway
plural basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal أَعْضَاء
ʔaʕḍāʔ
الْأَعْضَاء
al-ʔaʕḍāʔ
أَعْضَاء
ʔaʕḍāʔ
nominative أَعْضَاءٌ
ʔaʕḍāʔun
الْأَعْضَاءُ
al-ʔaʕḍāʔu
أَعْضَاءُ
ʔaʕḍāʔu
accusative أَعْضَاءً
ʔaʕḍāʔan
الْأَعْضَاءَ
al-ʔaʕḍāʔa
أَعْضَاءَ
ʔaʕḍāʔa
genitive أَعْضَاءٍ
ʔaʕḍāʔin
الْأَعْضَاءِ
al-ʔaʕḍāʔi
أَعْضَاءِ
ʔaʕḍāʔi

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: üzv
  • Ottoman Turkish: عضو (uzv)
  • Classical Persian: عُضْو (uzw)
    • Tajik: узв (uzv)
    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: उज़्व (uzva)
      Urdu: عُضْو ('uzv)
    • Sindhi: عضوو
    • Uzbek: uzv

(via plural form أَعْضَاء (ʔaʕḍāʔ)):

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُضْو (ʕuḍw).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? uzw
Dari reading? uzw
Iranian reading? ozv
Tajik reading? uzv

Noun

عضو • (ozv) (plural اعضا (a'zâ), or عضوها)

  1. member
    Synonym: کارمند (kârmand)
    عضو خانوادهozv-e xânevâdefamily member
  2. body organ
    Synonyms: آلت (âlat), اندام (andâm)
    • c. 1080, Kaykāwūs, Qābūs-nāma:
      بیماریهای وضع هم بر دو گونه است: یا عضو از جایگاه خویش زایل شود یا پیوند دیگر اعضا بفساد آورد.
      bēmār-hā-yi uzw ham bar du gōna ast: yā uzw az jāygāh-i xwēš zāyil šawad yā paywand-i dīgar a'zā be fasād āwarad.
      There are also two types of disease in the organs: either the organ becomes deficient in its own location, or its links with other organs become corrupted.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  3. (mathematics) member, element
    Synonym: عنصر (onsor)

Derived terms

  • عضو شدن (ozv šodan)
  • عضو کردن (ozv kardan)
  • عضوی (ozvi)
  • عضویت (ozviyyat)

Descendants

  • Tajik: узв (uzv)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: उज़्व (uzva)
    Urdu: عُضْو ('uzv)
  • Sindhi: عضوو
  • Uzbek: uzv

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُضْو (ʕuḍw).

Pronunciation

Noun

عُضْو • (uzvm (formal 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 ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.