آواز

See also: أوار

Kalami

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Classical Persian آوَاز (āwāz).

    Noun

    آواز (āwāzm

    1. sound, voice

    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 آوازوارا آوازلاروارا

    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 • (āwázm

    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

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? āwāz
    Dari reading? āwāz
    Iranian reading? âvâz
    Tajik reading? ovoz
    • Audio (Iran):(file)

    Noun

    Dari آواز
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik овоз

    آواز • (âvâz) (plural آوازها)

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

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Punjabi

    Etymology

  • Borrowed from Classical Persian آوَاز (āwāz).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    آواز • (āvāzf (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) آوازاں (āvāzāṉ)
    locative آوازی (āvāzī) آوازِیں (āvāzīṉ)
    instrumental آوازِیں (āvāzīṉ) آوازے (āvāze)

    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, 2025

    Sindhi

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian آواز (āwāz).

    Noun

    آوازُ • (āvāzum (Devanagari आवाज़ु)

    1. voice
    2. sound

    Urdu

    Etymology

  • Borrowed from Classical Persian آواز (āvāz), from Middle Persian ʾwʾz (āwāz).[1] Cognate with Sanskrit वाच् (vā́c) and Latin vōx. First attested in c. 1665 as Middle Hindi آواز (āvaz).[2]

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    آواز • (āvāzf (Hindi spelling आवाज़)

    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) 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)

    References

    1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884), “آواز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
    2. ^ آواز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

    Further reading

    • آواز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “آواز”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]

    Ushojo

    Noun

    آواز (āvāz)

    1. sound
    2. voice