# موز
## Arabic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭬 𐭅 𐭆 (mwc /⁠mōz⁠/), from Sanskrit मोच (moca), then, according to Roger Blench, via Dravidian (compare Tamil மோத்தை (mōttai, “banana flower”) from Malayo-Polynesian (compare Dobel muɁu, Manggarai muku) from Trans-New Guinea (compare Fataluku muɁu, Mosimo mugu), ultimately from Proto-Trans-New Guinea *mugu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mawz/

### Noun

مَوْز • (mawz) m (collective, singulative مَوْزَة f (mawza))
* banana

#### Descendants

* Hijazi Arabic: موز (mōz)
* → Amharic: ሙዝ (muz)
** → Baiso: muze
** → Kachama-Ganjule: muz, muze
** → Sidamo: muuze
* → Middle Armenian: մոզ (moz)
* → Ge'ez: ሙዝ (muz)
* → Harari: ሙዝ (mūz)
* → Hebrew: מוז (moz)
* → Ottoman Turkish: موز (mevz, muz)
** Turkish: muz
* → Classical Persian: مَوْز (mawz)
** Iranian Persian: مُوز (mowz)
* → Swahili: mazu
* → Tigre: ሙዝ (muz)
* → Tigrinya: ሙዝ (muz)

### References

* ↑ Blench, Roger (2016) “Things your classics master never told you: a borrowing from Trans New Guinea languages into Latin”, in Academia.edu‎, Academia, Inc.
* MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “mōz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

## Chagatai
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *būŕ.

### Noun

موز (muz) (plural موزلار)
* ice

#### Descendants

* Uyghur: مۇز (muz)
* Uzbek: muz

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moːz/, [mo̞ːz]

### Noun

موز • (mōz) m (collective, singulative موزة f (mōza), plural موزات (mōzāt))
* (collective) banana

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mɛvz], [mɛˈviz], [muz]

### Noun

موز • (mevz, meviz, muz)
* banana

#### Descendants

* Turkish: muz

### References

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “موز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2028b

## Persian
### Etymology

(In Iranian Persian and Tajik) Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz), itself a borrowing from Middle Persian.
Otherwise Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭬 𐭅 𐭆 (mwc /⁠mōč⁠/), from Sanskrit मोच (moca), derived from Dravidian (compare Tamil மோத்தை (mōttai, “banana flower”), from Malayo-Polynesian (see Dobel muɁu, Manggarai muku), from Trans-New Guinea (see Fataluku muɁu, Mosimo mugu) and lastly from Proto-Trans-New Guinea *mugu.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [moːz], [mawz]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [moːz]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [moːz]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [moːz]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mʊːz]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mowz]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mowz]
** (Tehrani) IPA: [moːz]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mäwz]
* (dialectal, Hamadan) IPA: /mewz/

### Noun

| Dari | کیله |
| Iranian Persian | مُوز |
| Tajik | банан, мавз |
موز • (mowz) (plural موزها (mowz-hâ))
* (chiefly Iran or dated) banana

### References

* MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “mōz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

## Shina
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मांस (māṁsá).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moːz/

### Noun

موز (moz)
* meat, flesh

### Further reading

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “māṁsá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moːz/, [moːz]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

موز • (mōz) m (collective, singulative موزة f (mōze), paucal موزات (mōzāt))
* (uncountable) bananas

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَوْز (mawz), from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /mɔːz/

### Noun

مَوز • (mauz) m (Hindi spelling मौज़)
* a type of banana

### References

* “موز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “موز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.