# موضوع
## Arabic
### Etymology

Derived from the 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”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maw.dˤuːʕ/
* Rhymes: -uːʕ

### Noun

مَوْضُوع • (mawḍūʕ) m (plural مَوَاضِيع (mawāḍīʕ))
* topic, subject, theme

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: mövzu
* → Classical Persian: مَوْضُوع (mawzū')
** → Chagatai:
*** Uyghur: ماۋزۇ (mawzu)
*** Uzbek: mavzu
** → Hindustani:
    Urdu: مَوضُوع (mauzu')
* → Northern Kurdish: mewzû
* → Ottoman Turkish: موضوع (mevzu)
** Turkish: mevzu
* → Pashto: موضوع (mawzo')
* → Swahili: maudhui
* → Turkish: konu (calque)
* → Turkmen: mowzuk

### Adjective

مَوْضُوع • (mawḍūʕ) (feminine مَوْضُوعَة (mawḍūʕa), masculine plural مَوْضُوعُونَ (mawḍūʕūna), feminine plural مَوْضُوعَات (mawḍūʕāt))
* passive participle of وَضَع (waḍaʕ)
    الْقَهْوَةُ مَوْضُوعَةٌ عَلىٰ الطَاوِلَةal-qahwatu mawḍūʕatun ʕalā ṭ-ṭāwilathe coffee is put on the table
* invented, constructed
* fabricated, deceptively made up
    Synonyms: مُفْتَرًى (muftaran), مَكْذُوب (makḏūb)
    حَدِيث مَوْضُوع ― ḥadīṯ mawḍūʕ ― fabricated hadith

#### Declension
### 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: [maw.zuːʔ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mäw.zoːʔ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mäw.zoːʔ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mäw.zoː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mäw.zʊː]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mow.zuːʔ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mow.zuːʔ]
** (Tehrani) IPA: [mow.zuː]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mäw.zɵʔ]

### Noun

مُوْضوع • (mowzu') (plural موضوعات (mowzu'ât))
* subject, topic; theme; issue, matter
    Synonym: سوژه (suže)
    موضوعِ درس ― mowzu'-e dars ― topic of the lesson
** c. 1080, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, “Qaṣīda 104”, in دیوان ناصرخسرو [Dīvān of Nāṣir-i Khusraw]‎:گفتند که «موضوع شریعت نه به عقل است زیرا که به شمشیر شد اسلام مقرر» گفتم که «نماز از چه بر اطفال و مجانین واجب نشود تا نشود عقل مجبر؟»guftand ki "mawzu'-i šarī'at na ba aql ast zērā ki ba šamšēr⁠ šud islām muqarrar" guftam ki "namāz az či bar atfāl u majānīn wājib na-šawad tā na-šawad aql mujbar?"They said, "Reason is not the subject of the Holy Law, Because by the sword was Islam established." I said, "Why are the daily prayers for children and the insane Not obligatory, so long as reason is not compulsory?"(Classical Persian transliteration)

#### Derived terms

* موضوعی (mowzu'i)

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “موضوع”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
* Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “موضوع”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic مَوْضُوع (mawḍūʕ).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

موضوع • (mawḍūʕ) m (plural مواضيع (mawāḍīʕ))
* subject, topic, theme, issue

## Urdu
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /mɔː.zuː(ʔ)/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

مَوضُوع • (mauzū') m (formal plural موضوعات (mozo'āt), Hindi spelling मौज़ू)
* subject, topic, issue, matter, discussion
* object

### Adjective

مَوضُوع • (mauzū') (Hindi spelling मौज़ू)
* manufactured, established, founded
* placed, situated, located

#### Derived terms

* موضوعات (mauzū'āt)

### 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], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.