Arabic word sheet
زَوْجٌ
one of a pair; a pair
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ز و ج
Meaning and usage
one of a pair; a pair
Each of two things that go together, alike or opposite, such as the two shoes of a pair. In everyday use it also names the pair itself.
وَضَعَ سَامِي زَوْجًا مِنَ الْجَوَارِبِ فِي الْحَقِيبَةِ.
Sami put a pair of socks in the bag.
husband; wife
The partner in a marriage. The classical language uses this one word for the husband and for the wife alike.
سَافَرَتْ سَلْمَى مَعَ زَوْجِهَا إِلَى الْجَبَلِ.
Salma travelled to the mountain with her husband.
kind, sort
In old and literary texts, a kind or variety of anything: plants, cloth, colours.
even number
In arithmetic, a number that can be split into two equal halves, as opposed to an odd one.
قَالَ الْمُعَلِّمُ إِنَّ الْأَرْبَعَةَ زَوْجٌ.
The teacher said that four is an even number.
Plural
أَزْوَاجٌ
Word family
What the root means ز و ج
The root carries the idea of joining two things so that each goes with the other. From it come the wife, to get married, to marry someone to another, to pair up and to marry among one another.
wife
زَوْجَةٌ
to marry, to get married
تَزَوَّجَ
to pair; to marry (someone) to another
زَوَّجَ
to marry among one another
تَزَاوَجَ
to pair up, to go in twos
اِزْدَوَجَ
Synonyms
husband
بَعْلٌ
An old word that names only the husband, as head of the household, whereas the headword is said of either spouse.
kind, category
صِنْفٌ
It matches the headword only in the sense of kind or sort, and carries no idea of pairing.
Opposites
single one; odd number
فَرْدٌ