موضوع

Arabic

Etymology

Passive participle of وَضَعَ‎ (waḍaʕa, “to put, lay”). The sense “topic, subject” at first in logical discourse as a loan translation of Ancient Greek ὑποκείμενον (hupokeímenon, literally “that which is laid down, underlying, suggested”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maw.dˤuːʕ/
Audio (file)

Noun

مَوْضُوع • (mawḍūʕ) m (plural مَوَاضِيع‎ (mawāḍīʕ))

topic, subject, theme

Declension

Declension of noun مَوْضُوع‎ (mawḍūʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوْضُوع‎ mawḍūʕ	الْمَوْضُوع‎ al-mawḍūʕ	مَوْضُوع‎ mawḍūʕ
Nominative	مَوْضُوعٌ‎ mawḍūʕun	الْمَوْضُوعُ‎ al-mawḍūʕu	مَوْضُوعُ‎ mawḍūʕu
Accusative	مَوْضُوعًا‎ mawḍūʕan	الْمَوْضُوعَ‎ al-mawḍūʕa	مَوْضُوعَ‎ mawḍūʕa
Genitive	مَوْضُوعٍ‎ mawḍūʕin	الْمَوْضُوعِ‎ al-mawḍūʕi	مَوْضُوعِ‎ mawḍūʕi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوْضُوعَيْن‎ mawḍūʕayn	الْمَوْضُوعَيْن‎ al-mawḍūʕayn	مَوْضُوعَيْ‎ mawḍūʕay
Nominative	مَوْضُوعَانِ‎ mawḍūʕāni	الْمَوْضُوعَانِ‎ al-mawḍūʕāni	مَوْضُوعَا‎ mawḍūʕā
Accusative	مَوْضُوعَيْنِ‎ mawḍūʕayni	الْمَوْضُوعَيْنِ‎ al-mawḍūʕayni	مَوْضُوعَيْ‎ mawḍūʕay
Genitive	مَوْضُوعَيْنِ‎ mawḍūʕayni	الْمَوْضُوعَيْنِ‎ al-mawḍūʕayni	مَوْضُوعَيْ‎ mawḍūʕay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوَاضِيع‎ mawāḍīʕ	الْمَوَاضِيع‎ al-mawāḍīʕ	مَوَاضِيع‎ mawāḍīʕ
Nominative	مَوَاضِيعُ‎ mawāḍīʕu	الْمَوَاضِيعُ‎ al-mawāḍīʕu	مَوَاضِيعُ‎ mawāḍīʕu
Accusative	مَوَاضِيعَ‎ mawāḍīʕa	الْمَوَاضِيعَ‎ al-mawāḍīʕa	مَوَاضِيعَ‎ mawāḍīʕa
Genitive	مَوَاضِيعَ‎ mawāḍīʕa	الْمَوَاضِيعِ‎ al-mawāḍīʕi	مَوَاضِيعِ‎ mawāḍīʕi

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: mövzu
→ Northern Kurdish: mewzû
→ Ottoman Turkish: موضوع‎ (mevzu)
- Turkish: mevzu
→ Pashto: موضوع‎ (mawzo')
→ Persian: موضوع‎ (mowzu')
→ Swahili: maudhui
→ Turkish: konu (calque)
→ Turkmen: mowzuk
→ Urdu: مَوضُوع‎ (mauzu')
→ Uyghur: ماۋزۇ‎ (mawzu)
→ Uzbek: mavzu

Adjective

مَوْضُوع • (mawḍūʕ) (feminine مَوْضُوعَة‎ (mawḍūʕa), masculine plural مَوْضُوعُونَ‎ (mawḍūʕūna), feminine plural مَوْضُوعَات‎ (mawḍūʕāt))

passive participle of وَضَع‎ (waḍaʕ)
‏الْقَهْوَةُ مَوْضُوعَةٌ عَلىٰ الطَاوِلَة‎
al-qahwatu mawḍūʕatun ʕalā ṭ-ṭāwila
the coffee is put on the table
fabricated
‏حَدِيث مَوْضُوع‎‎ ― ḥadīṯ mawḍūʕ ― fabricated hadith

Declension

Declension of adjective مَوْضُوع‎ (mawḍūʕ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَوْضُوع‎ mawḍūʕ	الْمَوْضُوع‎ al-mawḍūʕ	مَوْضُوعَة‎ mawḍūʕa	الْمَوْضُوعَة‎ al-mawḍūʕa
Nominative	مَوْضُوعٌ‎ mawḍūʕun	الْمَوْضُوعُ‎ al-mawḍūʕu	مَوْضُوعَةٌ‎ mawḍūʕatun	الْمَوْضُوعَةُ‎ al-mawḍūʕatu
Accusative	مَوْضُوعًا‎ mawḍūʕan	الْمَوْضُوعَ‎ al-mawḍūʕa	مَوْضُوعَةً‎ mawḍūʕatan	الْمَوْضُوعَةَ‎ al-mawḍūʕata
Genitive	مَوْضُوعٍ‎ mawḍūʕin	الْمَوْضُوعِ‎ al-mawḍūʕi	مَوْضُوعَةٍ‎ mawḍūʕatin	الْمَوْضُوعَةِ‎ al-mawḍūʕati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَوْضُوعَيْن‎ mawḍūʕayn	الْمَوْضُوعَيْن‎ al-mawḍūʕayn	مَوْضُوعَتَيْن‎ mawḍūʕatayn	الْمَوْضُوعَتَيْن‎ al-mawḍūʕatayn
Nominative	مَوْضُوعَانِ‎ mawḍūʕāni	الْمَوْضُوعَانِ‎ al-mawḍūʕāni	مَوْضُوعَتَانِ‎ mawḍūʕatāni	الْمَوْضُوعَتَانِ‎ al-mawḍūʕatāni
Accusative	مَوْضُوعَيْنِ‎ mawḍūʕayni	الْمَوْضُوعَيْنِ‎ al-mawḍūʕayni	مَوْضُوعَتَيْنِ‎ mawḍūʕatayni	الْمَوْضُوعَتَيْنِ‎ al-mawḍūʕatayni
Genitive	مَوْضُوعَيْنِ‎ mawḍūʕayni	الْمَوْضُوعَيْنِ‎ al-mawḍūʕayni	مَوْضُوعَتَيْنِ‎ mawḍūʕatayni	الْمَوْضُوعَتَيْنِ‎ al-mawḍūʕatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَوْضُوعِين‎ mawḍūʕīn	الْمَوْضُوعِين‎ al-mawḍūʕīn	مَوْضُوعَات‎ mawḍūʕāt	الْمَوْضُوعَات‎ al-mawḍūʕāt
Nominative	مَوْضُوعُونَ‎ mawḍūʕūna	الْمَوْضُوعُونَ‎ al-mawḍūʕūna	مَوْضُوعَاتٌ‎ mawḍūʕātun	الْمَوْضُوعَاتُ‎ al-mawḍūʕātu
Accusative	مَوْضُوعِينَ‎ mawḍūʕīna	الْمَوْضُوعِينَ‎ al-mawḍūʕīna	مَوْضُوعَاتٍ‎ mawḍūʕātin	الْمَوْضُوعَاتِ‎ al-mawḍūʕāti
Genitive	مَوْضُوعِينَ‎ mawḍūʕīna	الْمَوْضُوعِينَ‎ al-mawḍūʕīna	مَوْضُوعَاتٍ‎ mawḍūʕātin	الْمَوْضُوعَاتِ‎ al-mawḍūʕāti

References

Kees Versteegh (2013), “31: Contact and the Development of Arabic”, in Raymond Hickey, editor, The Handbook of Language Contact, John Wiley & Sons

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَوْضُوع‎ (mawḍūʕ).

Noun

موضوع • (mevzu) (definite accusative موضوعی‎ (mevzuu), plural موضوعات‎ (mevzuat))

topic

Adjective

موضوع • (mevzu)

put, placed
established

Descendants

Turkish: mevzu

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْضُوع‎ (mawḍūʕ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maw.zuːʔ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäw.zoːʔ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäw.zoː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäw.zʊː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mow.zuːʔ]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [mow.zuː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäw.zɵʔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mawzū'
Dari reading^?	mawzū'
Iranian reading^?	mowzu'
Tajik reading^?	mavzuʾ

Noun


Iranian Persian	موضوع‎
Dari	موضوع‎
Tajik	мавзуъ

مُوْضوع • (mowzu') (plural موضوعات‎ (mowzu'ât))

subject, topic; theme; issue, matter
‏‎ ― mowzu'-e dars ― topic of the lesson

Derived terms

موضوعی‎ (mowzu'i)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic مَوْضُوع‎ (mawḍūʕ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maw.dˤuːʕ/, [mɑwˈdˤuːʕ]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)

Noun

موضوع • (mawḍūʕ) m (plural مواضيع‎ (mawāḍīʕ))

subject, topic, theme, issue

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (mawzū'), from Arabic مَوْضُوع‎ (mawḍūʕ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɔː.zuː(ʔ)/

Noun

مَوضُوع • (mauzū') m (Hindi spelling मौज़ू)

subject, topic, issue, matter, discussion
object

Adjective

مَوضُوع • (mauzū') (Hindi spelling मौज़ू)

manufactured, established, founded
placed, situated, located

References

“موضوع”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“موضوع”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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[1] Kees Versteegh (2013), “31: Contact and the Development of Arabic”, in Raymond Hickey, editor, The Handbook of Language Contact, John Wiley & Sons