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Form 2زوّج شَيْئًا بِشَىْءٍ3 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَزْوِيجٌ

Core sense — he coupled, or paired, a thing with another; he married him to a womangenerated

2.1he coupled, or paired, a thing with a thing; he united it to it as its fellowزوّجهُ إِلَيْهِ

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We will couple them, or pair them, [with females having eyes like those of gazelles]زَوَّجْنَاهُمْ بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

Qur'ān 44:54 and 52:20. The meaning is not the تَزْوِيج commonly known, [i. e. marriage,] for there will be no such تزويج in Paradise.

And when the souls shall be coupled, or paired, or united with their fellowsوَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

Qur'ān 81:7. That is, united with their bodies; or each with its register; or with its works; or the souls of the believers with the حُور and those of the unbelievers with the devils; or when each sect, or party, shall be united with those it has followed.

I coupled, or paired, my camels, one with anotherزَوَّجْتُ إِبِلِى
I coupled, or paired, every one of the camels with anotherزَوَّجْتُ بَيْنَ الإِبِلِ
Or He makes them couples, or pairs, males and femalesأَوْ يُزَوِّجُهُمْ ذُكْرَانًا وَإِنَاثًا

Qur'ān 42:49. Or, according to AM, makes them of different sorts [or sexes], males and females.

2.1.1the making to be of different sorts or speciesتَزْوِيجٌ
2.1.2I married him, or gave him in marriage, to a womanزَوَّجْتُهُ ٱمْرَأَةً

This is how the Arabs say it, according to Yoo and ISK, making the verb take two objects by itself, without a particle; and so also بِٱمْرَأَةٍ. Akh says that this is allowable [apparently as being of the dialect of Azd-Shanooäh (see form 5)].

[When the verb is made transitive by means of بِ it generally has the meaning explained at the beginning of this article.]

زَوَّجْتُ مِنْهُ ٱمْرَأَةً is not of the language of the Arabs: [but see a similar phrase in a verse cited in art. حصن, form 4.]

The lawyers say زَوَّجْتُهُ مِنْهَا [meaning I married him to her]; but there is no reasonable way of accounting for this phrase, unless on the opinion of those who hold that مِنْ may be redundant in an affirmative statement, or that of those who hold that it may be put in place of بِ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 2 3 shown of 5
44:54
كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

So; and We shall join them to fair women with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes.

52:20
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

They will recline (with ease) on Thrones (of dignity) arranged in ranks; and We shall join them to Companions, with beautiful big and lustrous eyes.

81:7
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, and زوّجهُ إِلَيْهِ , [inf. n. تَزْوِيجٌ ,] He coupled, or paired, a thing with a thing; united it to it as its fellow, or like. (TA.) So in the Kur [xliv. 54 and lii. 20], زَوَّجْنَاهُمْ بِحُورٍ عِينٍ We will couple them, or pair them, [with females having eyes like those of gazelles:] (S, Mgh, K, TA:) the meaning is not the تَزْوِيج commonly known, [i. e. marriage,] for there will be no [such] تزويج in Paradise. (MF, TA.) And so in the Kur [lxxxi. 7], وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ And when the souls shall be coupled, or paired, or united with their fellows: (TA:) i. e., with their bodies: (Bd, Jel:) or, each with its register: (Bd:) or with its works: (Bd, TA:) or the souls of the believers with the حُور , and those of the unbelievers with the devils: (Bd:) or when each sect, or party, shall be united with those whom it has followed. (TA.) And so in the phrase, زَوَّجْتُ إِبِلِى I coupled, or paired, my camels, one with another: (A:) or زَوَّجْتُ بَيْنَ الإِبِلِ I coupled, or paired, every one of the camels with another. (TA.) So too in the Kur [xlii. 49], أَوْ يُزَوِّجُهُمْ ذُكْرَانًا وَإِنَاثًا Or He maketh them couples, or pairs, males and females: or, accord. to AM, maketh them of different sorts [or sexes], males and females: for تَزْوِيجٌ signifies [also] The making to be of different sorts or species [&c.]. (TA.) زَوَّجْتُهُ ٱمْرَأَةً , (T, S, A, * Mgh, Msb, K,) thus the Arabs say accord. to Yoo (S, Mgh) and ISK, (Mgh,) making the verb doubly trans. by itself, [without a particle,] meaning I married him, or gave him in marriage, to a woman; (Msb, TA;) as also بِٱمْرَأَةٍ ; (A, K;) Akh says that this is allowable [app. as being of the dial. of Azd-Shanooäh (see 5)]: (Msb, TA:) [when the verb is trans. by means of بِ , it generally has the meaning expl. in the first sentence of this art.:] زَوَّجْتُ مِنْهُ ٱمْرَأَةً is not of the language of the Arabs: (T, Mgh, TA:) [but see a similar phrase in a verse cited in art. حصن , conj. 4:] the lawyers say, زَوَّجْتُهُ مِنْهَا [meaning I married him to her]; but this is a phrase for which there is no reasonable way of accounting, unless that it is accord. to the opinion of those who hold that مِنْ may be redundant in an affirmative proposition, or that of those who hold that it may be substituted for بِ . (Msb.)
Form 3زاوجهُ3 senses · 1 main
maṣdarمُزَاوَجَةٌ

Core sense — it became a couple, or pair, with it; they married each othergenerated

3.1

Maṣdar مُزَاوَجَةٌ and زِوَاجٌ. It, or he, became a couple, or pair, with it, or him; or made a coupling, or pairing, with it, or him.

[And زَاوَجَا They two formed together a couple, or pair.]

3.1.1they married each otherزاوجا

Maṣdar as above.

the tribe of Hudheyl intermarry with that of 'Ikrimehهُذَيْلٌ يُزَاوِجُ عِكْرِمَةَ
3.1.2figurative · مجازhe made them two resemble each other in their prose-rhymes, or in measureزاوج بَيْنَهُمَا

Said of sentences or phrases. Or: he made them connected, each with the other; or dependent, each on the other. ازوج is used in the same way. See also form 8, in three places.

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, [inf. n. مُزَاوَجَةٌ and زِوَاجٌ ] It, or he, was, or became, a couple, or pair, with it, or him: or made a coupling, or pairing, with it, or him. (MA.) [And زَاوَجَا They two formed together a couple, or pair.] [And زاوجا , inf. n. as above, They married each other.] You say, هُذَيْلٌ يُزَاوِجُ عِكْرِمَةَ [The tribe of Hudheyl intermarry with that of 'Ikrimeh]. (A. [See also 6.]) زاوج بَيْنَهُمَا and ازوج [He made them two (referring to sentences or phrases) to have a mutual resemblance in their prose-rhymes, or in measure: or to be connected, each with the other; or dependent, each on the other]. (A, TA.) See also 8, in three places.
Form 4أَزْوَجَ1 sense

Core sense — it, or he, became a couple, or pair, with it, or himgenerated

4.1

See the preceding paragraph.

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see the next preceding paragraph.
Form 5تَزَوَّجْتُ ٱمْرَأَةً2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — I married a woman, I took her as my wifegenerated

5.1I married a woman; I took a woman as my wifeبِٱمْرَأَةٍ
he married, or took a wife, among the sons of such a oneتزوّج فِى بَنِى فُلَانٍ
he allied himself to him by marriageتزوّج إِلَيْهِ

According to Yoo and ISK, the form of the heading is how the Arabs say it, meaning I married a woman, that is, took her as my wife.

This form is rare; Akh says it is allowable, and Fr says it is of the dialect of Azd-Shanooäh, but according to Yoo and ISK it is not of the language of the Arabs.

Same as خَاتَنَهُ; mentioned under art. ختن.

5.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredsleep pervaded himتزوّجهُ النَّوْمُ

Synonymous with خَالَطَهُ.

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, (T, S, A, * Mgh, Msb, K,) thus the Arabs say accord. to Yoo (S, Mgh) and ISK, (Mgh,) meaning I married a woman; i. e., took a woman in marriage; took her as my wife; (Msb, TA;) as also بِٱمْرَأَةٍ ; (A, * K;) or this is rare; (K;) Akh says that it is allowable; (Msb, TA;) and it is said to be of the dial. of AzdShanooäh, (S, Mgh, Msb, TA,) by Fr; (S, TA;) but accord. to Yoo (S, Mgh) and ISK, (Mgh,) it is not of the language of the Arabs. (T, S, Mgh.) And تزوّج فِى بَنِى فُلَانٍ (A, Msb, TA) He married, or took a wife, among the sons of such a one. (Msb, TA.) And تزوّج إِلَيْهِ i. q. خَاتَنَهُ [He allied himself to him by marriage]. (K in art. ختن .) [Hence,] تزوّجهُ النَّوْمُ Sleep pervaded him; syn. خَالَطَهُ . (K.)
Form 6تزاوج القَوْمُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the people married one another, they intermarriedgenerated

6.1the people, or party, married one another; they intermarriedاِزْدَوَجُوا
6.1.1

See also form 8, in three places.

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and اِزْدَوَجُوا The people, or party, married one another; intermarried. (TA. [See also 3.]) See also the next paragraph, in three places.
Form 8اِزْدَوَجَتِ الطَّيْرُ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — they coupled, or paired, one with another; two sentences matched in rhyme or measuregenerated

8.1

The birds coupled, or paired, one with another.

8.1.1

See also form 6.

8.1.2figurative · مجازthey bore a mutual resemblance in their prose-rhymes, or in measureاِزْدَوَجَا

Also تَزَاوَجَا [and زَاوَجَا], said of two phrases, or sentences. Or: they were connected, each with the other; or dependent, each on the other.

one part of it resembled another in the prose-rhyme, or in the measureازدوج

Also تزاوج, said of a phrase, or sentence. Or: it consisted of two propositions connected, each with the other; or dependent, each on the other.

اِزْدِوَاجٌ and مُزَاوَجَةٌ and تَزَاوُجٌ are synonymous.

a conformity, or mutual resemblance, of two words occurring near togetherازدواج

[With respect to sound, or measure.] As in the phrase مِنْ سَبَأٍ بِنَبَأٍ, in the Qur'ān 27:22.

This is also termed مُزَاوَجَةٌ and مُحَاذَاةٌ and مُوَازَنَةٌ and مُقَابَلَةٌ and مُؤَازَاةٌ. (Marginal note in a copy of the Muzhir, 22nd نوع.)

Qur’ān 27:22 approximate — somewhere between 27:10 and 27:40 Lane cites “Kur xxvii. 22”
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[The birds coupled, or paired, one with another]. (TA.) See also 6. اِزْدَوَجَا and تَزَاوَجَا [and زَاوَجَا ], said of two phrases, or sentences, (A, TA,) They bore a mutual resemblance in their prose-rhymes, or in measure: or were connected, each with the other; or dependent, each on the other: and in like manner, ازدوج and تزاوج , said of a phrase, or sentence, It was such that one part of it resembled another in the prose-rhyme, or in the measure: or consisted of two propositions connected, each with the other; or dependent, each on the other: (TA:) اِزْدِوَاجٌ and مُزَاوَجَةٌ (S, A, K) and تَزَاوُجٌ (S) are syn.: (S, A, * K:) ازدواج signifies A conformity, or mutual resemblance, [with respect to sound, or measure,] of two words occurring near together; as in the phrase مِنْ سَبَأٍ بِنَبَأٍ [in the Kur xxvii. 22]: (Kull p. 31:) and this is also termed مُزَاوَجَةٌ and مُحَاذَاةٌ and مُوَازَنَةٌ and مُقَابَلَةٌ and مُؤَازَاةٌ . (Marginal note in a copy of the Muzhir, 22nd نوع .)

Derived nouns 8

Nounزَاجٌ1 sense

Core sense — vitriol, a well-known kind of salt used in inkgenerated

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[Vitriol;] a well-known kind of salt, called شَبٌّ يَمَانِىٌّ [but see شَبٌّ], which is a medicinal substance and one of the ingredients of ink.

[Plural زَاجَاتٌ, meaning species, or sorts, of vitriol: green, or sulphate of iron, which is an ingredient in ink and is generally what is meant by زاج when no adjective restricts it; blue, or sulphate of copper; and white, or sulphate of zinc.]

It is a Persian word, arabicized, originally زاگ.

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[Vitriol;] a well-known kind of salt; (K, TA;) called شَبٌّ يَمَانِىٌّ ; [but see شَبٌّ ;] which is a medicinal substance, and one of the ingredients of ink: (Lth, TA:) [pl. زَاجَاتٌ , meaning species, or sorts, of vitriol; namely, green, or sulphate of iron, which is an ingredient in ink, and is generally meant by the term زاج when unrestricted by an epithet; blue, or sulphate of copper; and white, or sulphate of zinc:] it is a Pers. word, (S,) arabicized, (S, K,) originally زاگ . (TA.)
Nounزَوْجٌ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a pair, or one of a pair; a husband, or a wife; an even numbergenerated

1a pair, or couple: any two things paired together, whether likes or contrariesزَوْجَانِ
either one of such two thingsزَوْجٌ
a pair, or couple, of such thingsزَوْجَانِ

This word primarily signifies a sort of thing of any kind [that is one of a pair or couple].

'Alee Ibn-'Eesà: a sort of thing [absolutely]. El-Ghooree: or a sort of thing having its like, as in the case of species; or having its contrary, as the moist and the dry, the male and the female, the night and the day, the bitter and the sweet; though sometimes applied to any sort of thing, and to a single thing. Or it is applied to a single thing only when it has with it a thing of the same kind.

The plural is أَزْوَاجِ.

a pair of pigeonsزَوْجَانِ مِنْ حَمَامٍ

Also زَوْجَا حَمَامٍ.

I bought a pair of pigeonsاِشْتَرَيْتُ زَوْجَى حَمَامٍ
a pair of sandalsزَوْجَا نِعَالٍ

That is, a male and a female.

زَوْجَيْنِ is used in the same way in the Qur'ān 11:42 and 23:28, meaning a male and a female.

Others say that زَوْجٌ signifies one of a pair or couple, and also a pair or couple together; so say AO, IKt, and IF.

they two are a pair, or coupleهُمَا زَوْجٌ

ISh says that it signifies two, and so says IDrd.

As well as هُمَا زَوْجَانِ.

I have two sandalsهُمَا سَوَآءٌ

As one also says هُمَا سِيَّانِ and عِنْدِى زَوْجُ نِعَالٍ, meaning [I have] two [sandals].

fourزَوْجَانِ

Or the use of زَوْجُ حَمَامٍ for a male and a female of pigeons is a phrase that should not be used, one to which the common people are addicted.

IAmb says that the common people are wrong in thinking that زَوْجٌ signifies two; for the Arabs did not say زَوْجُ حَمَامٍ, but used to say زَوْجَانِ مِنَ الحَمَامِ, meaning a male and a female, and زَوْجَانِ مِنَ الخِفَافِ, meaning the right and the left [of boots]. Nor did they apply the term زَوْجٌ to one of birds, as they applied the dual زَوْجَانِ to two; but they applied the term فَرْدٌ to the male, and فَرْدَةٌ to the female.

Es-Sijistánee also says that the term زَوْجٌ should not be applied to two, neither of birds nor of anything else, for this is a usage of the ignorant; it belongs rather to every two, زَوْجَانِ.

Az says that the grammarians disapprove of ISh's saying that زَوْجٌ signifies two of any things, and that زَوْجَانِ مِنْ خِفَافٍ signifies [two pairs of boots, or] four [boots]; for with them زَوْجٌ signifies one of a pair or couple.

a man and his wife togetherزَوْجَانِ
Eight ones [of pairs or couples]ثَمَانِيَةَ أَزْوَاجٍ

The primary meaning of زَوْجٌ is the one mentioned at the outset; in the Qur'ān 22:5 and 50:7 [it seems to be implied that it means pair or couple, but more probably in these instances] it means sort, or species.

It is also explained by the word لَوْنٌ, used in this last sense.

sorts, or species, of punishmentأَزْوَاجٌ

In the Qur'ān 38:58, where the plural stands for أَلْوَانٌ and أَنْوَاعٌ [that is, sorts, or species] of punishment.

F explains the singular as meaning لَوْنٌ مِنَ الدِّيبَاجِ وَنَحْوِهِ [a sort, or species, of silk brocade and the like]; but his restricting the meaning by the words من الديباج ونحوه is not right, as is shown by a verse of El-Aashà in which he uses the phrase كُلُّ زَوْجٍ مِنَ الدِّيبَاجِ [every sort, or species, of silk brocade], as an example of زوج in the sense of لون.

Qur’ān 11:40 approximate — somewhere between 11:23 and 11:44 Lane cites “Kur xi. 42”
Qur’ān 22:5 approximate — somewhere between 22:2 and 22:11 Lane cites “Kur xxii. 5”
Qur’ān 38:58 approximate — somewhere between 38:46 and 38:88 Lane cites “Kur xxxviii. 58”
Qur’ān 11:40 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ قُلْنَا ٱحْمِلْ فِيهَا مِن كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَوْلُ وَمَنْ ءَامَنَ ۚ وَمَآ ءَامَنَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ

At length, behold! there came Our command, and the fountains of the earth gushed forth! We said: "Embark therein, of each kind two, male and female, and your family - except those against whom the word has already gone forth,- and the Believers." but only a few believed with him.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1

[Hence,] a woman's husband; and a man's wife.

In this latter sense زَوْجَةٌ is also used, as in a verse of El-Farezdak cited in art. بول, form 10; but As disallows it. The former word is the one of high authority, and is the one that occurs in the Qur'ān 2:33 and 7:18, and in 4:24, and in 33:37.

AHát says that the people of Nejd call a wife زَوْجَةٌ, and that the people of the Haram use this word.

ISk says that the people of El-Hijáz call a wife زَوْجٌ, and the rest of the Arabs زَوْجَةٌ; the lawyers use this last word only for a wife, for the sake of clearness, fearing to confuse the male with the female.

The plural of زَوْجٌ is أَزْوَاجٌ and زِوَجَةٌ; the plural of زَوْجَةٌ is زَوْجَاتٌ and also أَزْوَاجٌ; and أَزَاوِيجُ occurs [as a plural of a plural, that is, of أَزْوَاجُ] in a verse cited by ISk, under art. نأج.

1.2

[Hence also,] an associate, or a comrade.

The plural in this sense is أَزْوَاجٌ, which occurs in the Qur'ān 37:22.

Qur’ān 37:22 approximate — somewhere between 37:12 and 37:107 Lane cites “Kur xxxvii. 22”
Qur’ān 37:22 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ

"Bring ye up", it shall be said, "The wrong-doers and their wives, and the things they worshipped-Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.3I have fellows, or likes, of thisعِنْدِى مِنْ هٰذَا أَزْوَاجٌ

A fellow, or like. Plural أَزْوَاجٌ.

In this sense each one of a pair of boots is the زوج of the other; the husband is the زوج of the wife, and the wife the زوج of the husband.

1.4Even or odd?زَوْجٌ أَوْ فَرْدٌ

As used by arithmeticians, the opposite of فَرْدٌ: an even number, a number that may be divided into two equal numbers, as four and eight, as opposed to three and seven. Plural أَزْوَاجٌ.

As one also says خَسًا أَوْ زَكًا [or rather زَكًا أَوْ خَسًا] and شَفْعٌ أَوْ وِتْرٌ.

1.5

Also a kind of cloth such as is termed نَمَط [q. v.]; or silk brocade, دِيبَاجٌ; or a نَمَط that is thrown over the [kind of vehicle called] هَوْدَج.

Qur’ānic occurrences زَوْج 5 shown of 68
38:58
وَءَاخَرُ مِن شَكْلِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجٌ

And other Penalties of a similar kind, to match them!

55:52
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ

In them will be Fruits of every kind, two and two.

56:7
وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا ثَلَـٰثَةً

And ye shall be sorted out into three classes.

75:39
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

And of him He made two sexes, male and female.

78:8
وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا

And (have We not) created you in pairs,

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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primarily signifies A sort of thing of any kind [that is one of a pair or couple]: and زَوْجَانِ signifies a pair, or couple, i. e. any two things paired or coupled together, whether they be likes or contraries: زَوْجٌ signifying either one of such two things: (Az, TA:) or, accord. to 'Alee Ibn- 'Eesà, a sort of thing [absolutely]: (Mgh:) or a sort of thing having its like, (El-Ghooree, Mgh, Msb,) as in the case of species; (Msb;) or having its contrary, (El-Ghooree, Mgh, Msb,) as the moist and the dry, and the male and the female, and the night and the day, and the bitter and the sweet; (Msb;) though sometimes applied to any sort of thing; and to a single thing: (El-Ghooree, Mgh:) or it is applied to a single thing only when having with it a thing of the same kind; (Mgh, Msb;) زَوْجَانِ signifying a pair, or couple, of such things: (Mgh:) the pl. is أَزْوَاجِ : (TA:) you say زَوْجَانِ مِنْ حَمَامٍ and زَوْجَا حَمَامٍ [A pair of pigeons]: (A:) and اِشْتَرَيْتُ زَوْجَى حَمَامٍ [I bought a pair of pigeons], meaning a male and a female: (S:) and زَوْجَا نِعَالٍ [A pair of sandals]: (S, A:) and in like manner زَوْجَيْنِ is used in the Kur xi. 42 and xxiii. 28; (S;) meaning a male and a female: (Bd, Jel:) or, accord. to the M, زَوْجٌ signifies one of a pair or couple: and also a pair or couple together: (TA:) and in like manner says AO, (Mgh, Msb,) and IKt, and IF: (Msb:) and ISh says that it signifies two; (Mgh;) and so says IDrd: (Msb:) so that you say, هُمَا زَوْجٌ as well as هُمَا زَوْجَانِ [meaning They two are a pair, or couple]; (S, K, TA;) like as you say, هُمَا سَوَآءٌ and هُمَا سِيَّانِ : (S, TA:) and عِنْدِى زَوْجُ نِعَالٍ , meaning [I have] two [sandals]; and زَوْجَانِ , meaning four: (Msb:) or زَوْجُ حَمَامٍ as meaning a male and a female [of pigeons] is a phrase which should not be used; one to which the vulgar are addicted: (TA:) IAmb says, the vulgar are wrong in thinking that زَوْجٌ signifies two; for the Arabs used not to employ such a phrase as زَوْجُ حَمَامٍ , but used to say زَوْجَانِ مِنَ الحَمَامِ , (Mgh, Msb, TA,) meaning a male and a female; (TA;) and زَوْجَانِ مِنَ الخِفَافِ , (Mgh, Msb, TA,) meaning the right and the left [of boots]: (TA:) nor did they apply the term زَوْجٌ to one of birds, like as they applied the dual, زَوْجَانِ , to two; but they applied the term فَرْدٌ to the male, and فَرْدَةٌ to the female: (Mgh, Msb:) Es-Sijistánee, also, says that the term زَوْجٌ should not be applied to two, neither of birds nor of other things, for this is a usage of the ignorant; but to every two, زَوْجَانِ : (Msb:) Az says that the grammarians disapprove the saying of ISh that زَوْجٌ signifies two of any things, (Mgh, * TA,) and that زَوْجَانِ مِنْ خِفَافٍ signifies [Two pairs of boots, or] four [boots]; for زَوْجٌ with them signifies one [of a pair or couple]: a man and his wife [together] are termed زَوْجَانِ : and ثَمَانِيَةَ أَزْوَاجٍ in the Kur [vi. 144 and xxxix. 8] means Eight ones [of pairs or couples]: the primary meaning of زَوْجٌ being that first mentioned in this paragraph; (TA:) in the Kur xxii. 5 and 1. 7 [it seems to be implied that it means pair or couple; but more probably in these instances] it means sort, or species: (Bd, Jel:) it is also expl. by the word لَوْنٌ [used in this last sense]: (T, TA;) in the Kur xxxviii. 58, its pl. أَزْوَاجٌ means أَلْوَانٌ and أَنْوَاعٌ [i. e. sorts, or species] of punishment: F explains the sing. as meaning لَوْنٌ مِنَ الدِّيبَاجِ وَنَحْوِهِ [a sort, or species, of silk brocade and the like]; but his restricting the signification by the words من الديباج ونحوه is not right, as is shown by a citation, in the T, of a verse of El-Aashà, in which he uses the phrase كُلُّ زَوْجٍ مِنَ الدِّيبَاجِ [every sort, or species, of silk brocade], as an ex. of زوج in the sense of لون . (TA.) [Hence,] A woman's husband: and a man's wife: in which latter sense زَوْجَةٌ is also used; (S, M, A, Mgh, * Msb, K; *) as in a verse of El-Farezdak cited in art بول , conj. 10; (S, Mgh;) but it is disallowed by As; (TA;) and the former word is the one of high authority, (Mgh, Msb,) and is that which occurs in the Kur, in ii. 33 and vii. 18, (S, Mgh, Msb, TA,) and in iv. 24, (Mgh, TA,) and in xxxiii. 37: (Mgh:) AHát says that the people of Nejd call a wife زَوْجَةٌ , and that the people of the Haram use this word: but ISk says that the people of El-Hijáz call a wife زَوْجٌ ; and the rest of the Arabs, زَوْجَةٌ : the lawyers use this latter word only, as applied to a wife, for the sake of perspicuity, fearing to confound the male with the female: (Msb:) the pl. of زَوْجٌ is أَزْوَاجٌ (Msb, K *) and زِوَجَةٌ ; (K;) and the pl. of زَوْجَةٌ is زَوْجَاتٌ (A, Mgh, Msb) and أَزْوَاجٌ also; (A, Msb;) and أَزَاوِيجُ occurs [as a pl. pl., i. e. pl. of أَزْوَاجُ ,] in a verse cited by ISk. (TA in art. نأج .) [Hence also,] A consociate, an associate, or a comrade: (A:) its pl. in this sense is أَزْوَاجٌ , (S, A, K,) occurring in the Kur xxxvii. 22. (S, A.) And A fellow, or like: pl. أَزْوَاجٌ : in this sense, each one of a pair of boots is the زوج of the other; and the husband is the زوج of the wife; and the wife, the زوج of the husband. (TA.) You say, عِنْدِى مِنْ هٰذَا أَزْوَاجٌ I have, of this, fellows, or likes. (TA.) As used by arithmeticians, (Mgh, Msb,) contr. of فَرْدٌ ; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) i. e. it signifies An even number; a number that may be divided into two equal numbers; (Msb;) as, for instance, four, and eight, as opposed to three, and seven: (Mgh:) pl. أَزْوَاجٌ . (S, Mgh.) One says زَوْجٌ أَوْ فَرْدٌ [Even or odd?], like as one says خَسًا أَوْ زَكًا [or rather زَكًا أَوْ خَسًا ] and شَفْعٌ أَوْ وِتْرٌ . (S, Mgh.) Also A [kind of cloth such as is termed] نَمَط [q. v.]: or silk brocade; syn. دِيبَاجٌ : (TA:) or a نَمَط that is thrown over the [kind of vehicle called] هَوْدَج . (S, K, TA.)
Nounزِيجٌ1 sense

Core sense — astronomical tablesgenerated

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See art. زيج.

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: see art. زيج .
Nounزَوْجَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a wifegenerated

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See زَوْجٌ, in four places in the latter half of that entry.

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: see زَوْجٌ , in four places, in the latter half of the paragraph.
Nounزَوْجِيَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the marriage-state, or simply marriagegenerated

1the marriage-state, or simply marriageزَوَاجٌ

The latter is a noun from زَوَّجَ [that is, a quasi-maṣdar], like سَلَامٌ from سَلَّمَ and كَلَامٌ from كَلَّمَ.

between them two is the right of the marriage-state, or of marriageبَيْنَهُمَا حَقُّ الزَّوْجِيَّةِ

Also الزَّوَاجِ.

الزِّوَاجِ is also allowable as [a maṣdar of form 3,] matching المُزَاوَجَة in form.

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and زَوَاجٌ [The marriage-state, or simply marriage]: the latter is a subst. from زَوَّجَ , [i. e. a quasi-inf. n.,] like سَلَامٌ from سَلَّمَ , and كَلَامٌ from كَلَّمَ . (Msb.) You say, بَيْنَهُمَا حَقُّ الزَّوْجِيَّةِ and الزَّوَاجِ [Between them two is the right of the marriage-state, or of marriage]: (A, Msb:) and الزِّوَاجِ is also allowable as [an inf. n. of 3,] coordinate to المُزَاوَجَة . (Msb.)
Nounزَوَاجٌ1 sense

Core sense — marriage, the marriage-stategenerated

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See the preceding entry, in two places.

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: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.
Nounزَائِجَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — an astrological tablegenerated

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See art. زيج.

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: see art زيج .
Nounمِزْوَاجٌ1 sense

Core sense — a woman who marries often, one who has had many husbandsgenerated

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A woman who marries often; one who has had many husbands.

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A woman who marries often: (S, K:) one who has had many husbands. (K.)