و-ز-ن Arabic Root

B2noun

مُوَازَنَة

muwāzana

budget / balance

Example

أَقَرَّ البَرلَمانُ المُوازَنَةَ السَّنَوِيَّة.

aqarra l-barlamānu l-muwāzanata s-sanawiyya.

The parliament approved the annual budget.

Root: و-ز-ن Academic Formal

B2noun

مِيزَانِيَّة

mīzāniyya

budget

Example

أَعَدَّتِ الحُكومَةُ الميزانِيَّةَ السَّنَوِيَّة.

aʿaddati l-ḥukūmatu l-mīzāniyyata s-sanawiyya.

The government prepared the annual budget.

Root: و-ز-ن Law Economics

A2noun

مِيزَانٌ

mīzān

balance / scale

Example

وَنَضَعُ الْمَوَازِينَ الْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

wa-naḍaʿu al-mawāzīna al-qisṭa liyawmi al-qiyāmah

And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection (21:47)

Root: و-ز-ن Quranic

Grammar

Masculine noun (مِفْعَال pattern = instrument noun). Plural: مَوَازِينُ (mawāzīn). Related: وَزْنٌ (weight), وَزَنَ (to weigh). From the root meaning 'to weigh.'

Culture

On the Day of Judgment, deeds will be weighed on the Mīzān. Those whose good deeds outweigh their bad will enter Paradise. This metaphor emphasizes divine justice.