وج

See also: وخ and وچ

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian (vaj).

Noun

وَجّ • (wajj) m

sweet flag, Acorus calamus
Synonym: ذَرِيرَة (ḏarīra)

Declension

Declension of noun **وَجّ** (wajj)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	وَجّ wajj	الْوَجّ al-wajj	وَجّ wajj
nominative	وَجٌّ wajjun	الْوَجُّ al-wajju	وَجُّ wajju
accusative	وَجًّا wajjan	الْوَجَّ al-wajja	وَجَّ wajja
genitive	وَجٍّ wajjin	الْوَجِّ al-wajji	وَجِّ wajji

Descendants

→ Middle Armenian: վաճ (vač)

References

Freytag, Georg (1837) “وج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 436
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “وج”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 1198

Bulgar

**Bulgar cardinal numbers**
< 2	3	4 >
Cardinal : وج Ordinal : وجم

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *üč.

Numeral

وج (več)

(Volga Bulgar) three

Descendants

Chuvash: виççӗ (viççĕ)

References

Закиев М. З. Лингвоэтнические особенности волжских булгар — главного этнического корня татар[3]
Róna-Tas, András (1976) “A Volga Bulgarıan Inscription from 1307”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae‎^[4] (in Bulgar), volume 30, number 2, page 173

North Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

وش (wišš)

Etymology

From Arabic وَجْه (wajh).

Noun

وجّ • (wijj) m (plural وجوه (wjūh))

face

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वचा (vacā, “sweet flag”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈwad͡ʒ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäd͡ʒ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wäd͡ʒ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wäd͡ʒ̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væd͡ʒ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [väd͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	waj
Dari reading^?	waj
Iranian reading^?	vaj
Tajik reading^?	vaj

Noun

وج • (vaj)

sweet flag, Acorus calamus
Synonym: اگیر (agir, egir)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

→ Arabic: وَجّ (wajj)
- → Middle Armenian: վաճ (vač)

South Levantine Arabic

Noun

وجّ • (wijj) m

alternative form of وجه (wujh): face

Ushojo

Noun

وج (vaj)

intestine of a goat or buffalo