آواز

See also: أوار

Kalami

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́kš

Classical Persian آوَاز (āwāz)bor.

Kalami آواز

Borrowed from Classical Persian آوَاز (āwāz), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́kš, from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs, from *wekʷ-.

Pronunciation

• Tone class: H(L)
• IPA^(key): /áːwáːz/

Noun

آواز (āwāz) m

1. sound, voice

References

• Baart, Joan L. G. (1997), “āwāz”, in The sounds and tones of Kalam Kohistani: with wordlist and texts (Studies in Languages of Northern Pakistan; 1)‎^[1], National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University; Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 77

Khalaj

Noun

آواز (âvâz) (definite accusative آوازؽ, plural آوازلار)

1. Arabic spelling of âvâz (“sound”)

Declension

Declension of آواز

	singular	plural
nominative	آواز	آوازلار
genitive	آوازؽݧ	آوازلارؽݧ
dative	آوازقا	آوازلارقا
definite accusative	آوازؽ	آوازلارؽ
locative	آوازچا	آوازلارچا
ablative	آوازدا	آوازلاردا
instrumental	آوازلا	آوازلارلا
equative	آوازواره	آوازلارواره

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آوَاز (āwāz).

Noun

آواز • (âvâz)

1. voice
2. sound
3. note, tune
4. noise
5. rumor
6. echo

Derived terms

• آوازلی (âvâzlı)

Descendants

• Turkish: avaz
• → Albanian: avaz

Pashto

Noun

آواز • (āwáz) m

1. voice, sound
2. rumor, talk, talking

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾwʾz (āwāč, āwāz, “voice, sound, tune”), from 𐭥𐭠𐭰 (wāč, wāz, “word, speech”), from Proto-Iranian *wā́xš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́kš, from Proto-Indo-European *wōkʷs. Cognate with Sanskrit वाच् (vā́c) and Latin vōx.

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.vɔz]

Readings
Classical reading?	āwāz
Dari reading?	āwāz
Iranian reading?	âvâz
Tajik reading?	ovoz

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	آواز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	овоз

آواز • (āwāz / âvâz) (plural آوازها (āwāz-hā / âvâz-hâ), Tajik spelling овоз)

1. voice
2. sound
3. tune
4. rumor
5. echo

Derived terms

• آواز خواندن (âvâz xândan)
• آوازه (âvâze)
• آوازی (âvâzi)
• پرآوازه (por-âvâze)

Descendants

• → Assamese: আৱাজ (awaz)
• → Azerbaijani: avaz
• → Bengali: আওয়াজ (awaz)
• → Gujarati: અવાજ (avāj)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: आवाज़ (āvāz)

  Urdu: آواز (āvāz)

• → Old Javanese: awās
  • Javanese: ꦲꦮꦱ꧀ (awas)
  • → Malay: awas (“watch out, beware”)

    Indonesian: awas

• → Khalaj: âvâz
• → Marathi: आवाज़ (āvāj̈)
• → Ottoman Turkish: آواز (âvâz)
  • Turkish: avaz
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: а̀ва̄з

    Latin script: àvāz

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਆਵਾਜ਼ (āvāz)

  Shahmukhi script: آواز (āvāz)

• → Sindhi: āvāzu

  Arabic script: آوازُ (āvāzu)

  Devanagari script: आवाज़ु

  Khudabadi script: 𑊱𑋛𑋠𑋂𑋩𑋣

• → Southern Altai: агӧс (agös)
• → Tatar: аваз (awaz)
• → Uyghur: ئاۋاز (awaz)
• → Uzbek: ovoz
• → Zazaki: awaz

Punjabi

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́kš

Classical Persian آوَاز (āwāz)bor.

Punjabi آواز

Borrowed from Classical Persian آوَاز (āwāz).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /a.ˈʋaː.z/
• (rustic) IPA^(key): /a.ˈʋaː.d͡ʒ/

Noun

آواز • (āvāz) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਆਵਾਜ਼)

1. sound
2. voice
3. call (ie. to call out for someone)

Declension

Declension of آواز

	singular	plural
direct	آواز (āvāz)	آوازاں (āvāzāṉ)
oblique	آواز (āvāz)	آوازاں (āvāzāṉ)
vocative	آوازے (āvāze)	آوازو (āvāzo)
ablative	آوازوں (āvāzoṉ)	—
locative	آوازی (āvāzī)	آوازِیں (āvāzīṉ)
instrumental	آوازے (āvāze)	آوازِیں (āvāzīṉ)

Synonyms

• واج (vāj)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “آواز”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “آواز”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਆਵਾਜ਼”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

Sindhi

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́kš

Classical Persian آوَاز (āwāz)bor.

Sindhi آواز

Borrowed from Classical Persian آوَاز (āwāz).

Noun

آوازُ • (āvāzu) m (Devanagari आवाज़ु)

1. voice
2. sound

Declension

Declension of آوازُ (masc u-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	آوازُ āvāzu	آوازَ āvāza
oblique	آوازَ āvāza	آوازَنِ āvāzani
vocative	آوازَ āvāza	آوازو āvāzo

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́kš

Classical Persian آوَاز (āwāz)bor.

Urdu آواز

Borrowed from Classical Persian آواز (āvāz), from Middle Persian ʾwʾz (āwāz). Cognate with Sanskrit वाच् (vā́c) and Latin vōx. First attested in c. 1665 as Middle Hindi آواز (āvaz).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ʋɑːz/, [ɑː.wɑːz]
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): [ə.ʋɑːz]
• Rhymes: -ɑːz
• Hyphenation: آ‧واز

Noun

آواز • (āvāz) f

1. voice
2. sound, noise
3. (broadcasting) sound (as opposed to video)

   Antonym: تَصْوِیر (tasvīr)

4. volume (of a device)
5. call, cry, slogan
6. (dated sense) report, fame
7. (obsolete) rumour, innuendo

Declension

Declension of آواز

	singular	plural
direct	آواز (āvāz)	آوازیں (āvāzẽ)
oblique	آواز (āvāz)	آوازوں (āvāzõ)
vocative	آواز (āvāz)	آوازو (āvāzo)

Further reading

• “آواز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “آواز”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]

Ushojo

Noun

آواز (āvāz)

1. sound
2. voice