Etymology

Borrowing from Persian آواز ‎(âvâz), from Middle Persian ʾwʾz ‎(āwāz, “voice, sound, tune”), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭠𐭰 ‎(wāč) 𐭥𐭠𐭦 ‎(wāz, “word, speech”), from Proto-Iranian *vaxša-, from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs ‎(“speech, voice”).