Ottoman Turkish

Noun

آواز • ‎(âvâz)

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

Derived terms

• آوازلی ‎(âvâzlı)

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

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)

Sindhi

Etymology

From Persian آواز ‎(âvâz).

Noun

آوازُ ‎(āvāzu) m

1. voice
2. sound

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.