آواز

See also: أوار

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian آواز (âvâz).

Noun

آواز • (âvâz)

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

Derived terms

• آوازلی (âvâzlı)

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Persian

Etymology

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

Noun

Dari	آواز
Iranian Persian	آواز
Tajik	овоз (ovoz)

آواز • (âvâz) (plural آوازها (âvâz-hâ))

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

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• Gujarati: અવાજ (avāj)
• Hindustani:
  • Hindi: आवाज़ (āvāz)
  • Urdu: آواز (āvāz)
• Ottoman Turkish: آواز (âvâz)
  • Serbo-Croatian: àvāz / а̀ва̄з
  • Turkish: avaz
• Sindhi: آوازُ (āvāzu)
• Tatar: аваз (awaz)

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Sindhi

Etymology

From Persian آواز (âvâz).

Noun

آوازُ (āvāzu) m

1. voice
2. sound

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian آواز (âvâz). Cognate with Sanskrit वाच् (vā́c) and Latin vōx.

Noun

آواز • (āvāz) f (Hindi spelling आवाज़)

1. sound, noise
2. voice
3. call, cry
4. report, fame
5. rumor, innuendo

References

• Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.