موضوع

Meaning

Noun

topic, subject, theme

Adj

1. (form-of, participle, passive) passive participle of وَضَع (waḍaʕ)
2. invented, constructed
3. fabricated, deceptively made up

Concepts

theme

subject

topic

idea

💡

intellection

issue

keynote

matter

message

motif

object

placed

plot

bloc

positioned

proposal

purpose

reposed

subject matter

subject-matter

substance

suggestion

thought

💭

thread

🧵

pocketed

centerline

content

Synonyms

مادة

Translations

Thema

tema

θέμα

onderwerp

thème

tema

tema

soggetto

sujet

tema

thema

tópico

thema

matéria

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maw.dˤuːʕ/

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of وَضَعَ (waḍaʕa, “to put, lay”).
The sense “topic, subject” at first in logical discourse as a calque of Ancient Greek ὑποκείμενον (hupokeímenon, literally “that which is laid down, underlying, suggested”).