مساواة

Arabic
Root
س و ي‎ (s-w-y)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mu.saː.waːh/

Noun

مُسَاوَاة • (musāwāh) f

  1. verbal noun of سَاوَى‎ (sāwā) (form III)
  2. equality, equivalence
  3. equal rights
    ‏يَكْفُلُ ٱلْقَانُونُ ٱلْمُسَاوَاةَ بَيْنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَاءِ.‎‎
    yakfulu l-qānūnu l-musāwāta bayna r-rijāli wan-nisāʔi.
    The equal status of women and men is assured by law.
  4. settlement (of a bill)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: müsavat
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مساوات‎ (müsâvât)
  • → Persian: مساوات‎ (mosâvât)
    • → Urdu: مساوات‎ (musāvāt)

References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “سوي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Adjective

مُسَاوَاة • (musāwāh) f

  1. feminine singular of مُسَاوًى‎ (musāwan)
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