مواجهه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُوَاجَهَة (muwājaha).

Noun

مواجهه • (müvacaha or muvacehe)

  1. being face to face or opposite
  2. confrontation

Descendants

  • Turkish: muvacehe

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muvacehe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مواجهه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2018
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُوَاجَهَة (muwājaha).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mʊ.wɑː.d͡ʒä.ɦǽ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mʊ.wɑː.d͡ʒɑːǽ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mu.wɔː.d͡ʒɔːǽ]

Readings
Classical reading? muwājaha
Dari reading? muwājaha
Iranian reading? movâjehe
Tajik reading? muvojaha

Noun

مواجهه • (muwājaha / movâjehe) (Tajik spelling мувоҷаҳа)

  1. face-to-face meeting
    مواجهه با افراد جدید ― movâjehe bâ afrâd-e jadid ― meeting new people in person
  2. confrontation; opposition
    Synonym: مقابله (moqâbele)
  3. exposure (to an event, a person, a phenomenon)
    با مواجهه بیشتر، این کار آسان‌تر خواهد شد.
    bâ movâjehe-ye bištar, in kâr âsân-tar xâhad šod.
    This will become easier with more exposure.

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