# وجه
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

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#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wa.d͡ʒu.ha/
* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

وَجُهَ • (wajuha) I (non-past يَوْجُهُ (yawjuhu), verbal noun وَجَاهَة (wajāha))
* to be a man of distinction, to be notable

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

وَجَّهَ • (wajjaha) II (non-past يُوَجِّهُ (yuwajjihu), verbal noun تَوْجِيه (tawjīh))
* to raise to eminence, to distinguish, to honor
* to turn one’s face, to turn
    وَجَّهَ وَجْهَهُ/ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى شَخْصٍwajjaha wajhahu/ẓahrahu ʔilā šaḵṣin‬to turn one's face to/back on someone
    وَجَّهَ خُطَاهُ نَحْوَ شَيْءٍ‫wajjaha ḵuṭāhu naḥwa šayʔin‬to turn one's steps to(wards) something
    وَجَّهَ اِهْتِمَامَهُ إِلَى شَيْءٍ/شَخْصٍ‫wajjaha ihtimāmahu ʔilā šayʔin/šaḵṣin‬to turn one's attention to something/someone
* to head for
* to send, to dispatch
    وَجَّهَ رِسَالَةً/طَلَبًا إِلَى شَخْصٍ‫wajjaha risālatan/ṭalaban ʔilā šaḵṣin‬to send a letter/request to someone
* to aim, to direct, to steer
    وَجَّهَ مُسَدَّسًا إِلَى شَخْصٍ‫wajjaha musaddasan ʔilā šaḵṣin‬to aim a pistol at someone
* to guide
* to address
    وَجَّهَ الكَلَامَ/الخِطَابَ إِلَى شَخْصٍ‫wajjaha l-kalāma/l-ḵiṭāba ʔilā šaḵṣin‬to address someone
* to bring a charge against
* utter
    وَجَّهَ تَحْذِيرَاتٍ إِلَى شَخْصٍ‫wajjaha taḥḏīrātin ʔilā šaḵṣin‬to warn someone
    وَجَّهَ تُهْمَةً إِلَى شَخْصٍ ― ‫wajjaha tuhmatan ʔilā šaḵṣin‬ ― to accuse someone

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

IPA: /wad͡ʒh/

#### Noun

Picture dictionary :
وجه
جبين
حاجب
رمشة
عين
أنف
منخر
خد
فم
شفة
فك
ذقن :
وَجْه • (wajh) m (plural وُجُوه (wujūh) or أَوْجُه (ʔawjuh))
* (being) essence
* (anatomy) face
* face, countenance
* front, façade
* watch dial
* outside, exterior, surface
* method, manner, mode, fashion, wise
* aspect, perspective
** a. 756, عبد اللّٰه بن المقفّع [ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muqaffaʿ], edited by Michael Fishbein, كتاب كليلة ودمنة [Kalīlah and Dimnah] (Library of Arabic Literature; 76)‎, New York: NYU Press, published 2022, →ISBN, section 9.2, page 276:أَبْشِرِي فَإِنَّكِ تَلِدِينَ غُلَامًا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّٰهُ تَعَالَى فَأُسَمِّيهِ ٱسْمًا حَسَنًا ثُمَّ أُؤَدِّبُهُ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْأَدَبِ وَأُعَلِّمُهُ وُجُوهَ ٱلْعِلْمِ فَيَكُونَ لَنَا عُقْبًا صَالِحًا وَأَنَا مُتَقَدِّمٌ فِي ٱلْتِمَاسِ ٱلْأَظْآرِ لَهُ.ʔabširī faʔinnaki talidīna ḡulāman ʔin šāʔa llāhu taʕālā faʔusammīhi sman ḥasanan ṯumma ʔuʔaddibuhu ʔaḥsana l-ʔadabi waʔuʕallimuhu wujūha l-ʕilmi fayakūna lanā ʕuqban ṣāliḥan waʔanā mutaqaddimun fī l-timāsi l-ʔaẓʔāri lahu.Rejoice, for you’re going to give birth to a boy, God willing. I’ll choose a beautiful name, give him the finest upbringing, and teach him all sorts of subjects, and we shall have a righteous legacy. I’ll set out at once to find nurses for him.

##### Descendants

* Egyptian Arabic: وش (wišš)
* Gulf Arabic: ويه (wayh)
* Iraqi Arabic: وچ (wuč)
* Hijazi Arabic: وجه (wajh)
* Maltese: wiċċ
* Moroccan Arabic: وجه (wajh)
* North Levantine Arabic: وج (wijj), وش (wišš)
* South Levantine Arabic: وج (wijj), وجه (wujh, wijh)
* → Azerbaijani: vec
** → Armenian: վեջ (veǰ)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: वजह (vajah)
    Urdu: وجہ (vaja)
* → Malay: wajah
* → Ottoman Turkish: وجه (vech)
** Turkish: vecih
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਵਜ੍ਹਾ (vajhā)
    Shahmukhi script: وجہ (vajah)

## Chadian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic وَجْه (wajh).

### Noun

وجه • (wijih) m (plural وجوه (wujūh))
* (anatomy) face

### References

* Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎ (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 152

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic وَجْه (wajh).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /waʒh/, /wʒah/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

وَجْه or وْجَه • (wajh or wjah) m (plural وجوه (wjūh) or وجوهة (wjūha))
* (anatomy) face

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic وَجَّهَ (wajjaha).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /waʒ.ʒah/, [ˈwaʒ.ʒah], [ˈwad.d͡ʒah]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

وجّه • (wajjah) II (present بوجّه (biwajjeh))
* to aim, to direct

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

Picture dictionary :
وجه
جبين
حاجب
رمش
عين
منخار
خد
فك
تم
شفة
دقن :
From Arabic وَجْه (wajh).

#### Alternative forms

* وج (wijj)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wiʒh/, [ˈwi.j(ɪ)h]
* IPA: /wuʒh/, [ˈwu.j(ʊ)h]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Noun

وجه • (wijh, wujh) m (plural وجوه (wujūh))
* face
    بدّيش اشوف وجهك مرّة تانية.biddīš ašūf wijhak marra tānye.I don't want to see you (lit: your face) again.
* front, facade
    Synonym: جبهة (jabha)
* aspect, side
* surface

##### Derived terms

* وقّف بوجه (waʔʔaf bi-wijh, “to confront”)