متوجه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُتَوَجِّه (mutawajjih).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.ta.wad.ˈd͡ʒih/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.wäd.d͡ʒe̞ʱ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.wäd.d͡ʒɪ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.t̪ʰä.wäd.d͡ʒi]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.t̪ʰe.væd.d͡ʒeʱ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.t̪ʰä.väd.d͡ʒeʱ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mutawajjih
Dari reading^?	mutawajjeh
Iranian reading^?	motevajjeh
Tajik reading^?	mutavajjeh

Adjective

مُتِوَجِّه • (motevajjeh)

careful; mindful; attentive
facing; addressing
setting forth for
- 1666, “Letter 83”, in مکتوباتِ خواجه محمد سیف‌الدین [Collected letters of Khwāja Muḥammad Saif al-Dīn]:
  چون شاه جهان وفات یافت بجهت ضرور متوجه اکبراباد گشت.
  čôn šâh jahân wafât yâft ba jihat-i zarûr mutawajjih-i akbarâbâd gašt.
  When Shah Jahan passed away, he set forth for Akbarabad for an unavoidable reason.
  (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

متوجه شدن (motevajjeh šodan, “to understand; to get it”)