آغاز

See also: آغار and أعار

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آغاز (āġāz), from Sogdian [script needed] (ʾʾγʾz /⁠āγāz⁠/).

Noun

آغاز • (agaz, ağaz)

1. start, beginning

   Synonyms: باشلانغج (başlangıc), باشلامه (başlama), ابتدا (ibtidaʼ, iptidaʼ), مقدمه (mukaddime, mukaddeme), افتتاح (iftitah)

Persian

Etymology

From Sogdian [script needed] (ʾʾγʾz /⁠āγāz⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *ā- (“ad-”) + *gaHz- (“to run, start”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ed- (“at”) + *g⁽ʷʰ⁾eh₂ģʰ- (“to wade”). Cognate with Sanskrit गाह् (gāh, “to dive into, wade”), Slovene gáziti (“to wade”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ˈɣaːz/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɣɑ́ːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɣɑ́ːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɣɑ́ːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.ɣɔ́ːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ɢɒ́ːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.ʁɔ́z]

• Rhymes: -aːz

Readings
Classical reading?	āġāz
Dari reading?	āġāz
Iranian reading?	âġâz
Tajik reading?	oġoz

Noun

Dari	آغاز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	оғоз

آغاز • (āġāz / âġâz) (plural آغاز‌ها, Tajik spelling оғоз)

1. beginning, start

   Synonyms: شروع (šoru'), ابتدا (ebtedâ)

   Antonyms: انتها (entehâ), پایان (pâyân)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 2319:

     شکر دانستیم آغاز ترا
     انبیا گفتند آن راز ترا

     šukr dānistēm āġāz-i turā
     anbiyā guftand ān rāz-i turā

     Thanks [to God], we have come to know thy beginning: the prophets have told that secret of thine.

   • 1599, Bahman-i Kay Kubād, قصه سنجان [Qissa-i Sanjan]:

     آغاز داستان بهدینان فارس که از ولایت ایران به هندوستان آمده‌اند

     āġāz-i dāstān-i bihdīnān-i fārs ki az wilāyat-i ērān ba hindustān āmada-and

     The beginning of the story of the People of Good Faith [Zoroastrians] of Fars, who came to Hindustan from the land of Iran

Derived terms

• آغاز شدن (âġâz šodan)
• آغاز کردن (âġâz kardan)
• آغازه (âġâze)
• آغازیدن (âġâzîdan)

Descendants

• → Bengali: আগাজ (agaz)
• → Gujarati: આગાઝ (āgājh), આઘાઝ (āghājh)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: आग़ाज़ (āġāz)

  Urdu: آغاز (āġāz)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਆਗਾਜ਼ (āgāz)

  Shahmukhi script: آغاز (āġāz)

• → Ottoman Turkish: آغاز (agaz, ağaz)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آغَاز (āġāz).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɣɑːz/

Noun

آغاز • (āġāz) m (Hindi spelling आग़ाज़)

1. start
2. beginning
3. commencement

   Synonyms: اِبْتِدا (ibtidā), شُرُوع (śurū'), آرَمْبھ (ārambh)