آغاز

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See also: آغار and أعار

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian آغاز (âğâz).

Noun

آغاز (agaz, ağaz)

  1. start, beginning
    Synonyms: باشلانغج (başlangıc), باشلامه (başlama), ابتدا (ibtidaʼ, iptidaʼ), مقدمه (mukaddime, mukaddeme), افتتاح (iftitah)

Persian

Etymology

From Sogdian (ʾʾγʾz /⁠āγāz⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *ā- (ad-) + *gaHz- (to run, start), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ed- (at) + *g⁽ʷʰ⁾eh₂ģʰ- (to wade). Cognate with Sanskrit गाह् (gāh, to dive into, wade), Slovene gáziti (to wade).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? āğāz
Dari reading? āğāz
Iranian reading? âğâz
Tajik reading? oġoz

Noun

Dari آغاز
Iranian Persian
Tajik оғоз

آغاز (âğâz) (plural آغاز‌ها (âğâz-hâ))

  1. beginning, start
    Synonyms: شروع (šoru'), ابتدا (ebtedâ)
    Antonyms: انتها (entehâ), پایان (pâyân)
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 2319:
      شکر دانستیم آغاز ترا
      انبیا گفتند آن راز ترا
      šokr dâneštim âğâz-e to-râ
      anbiyâ goftand ân râz-e to-râ
      Thanks , we have come to know thy beginning: the prophets have told that secret of thine.
    • 1599, Bahman Kaikobad, قصه سنجان [Qissa-i Sanjan]:
      آغاز داستان بهدینان فارس که از ولایت ایران به هندوستان آمده‌اند
      âğâz-e dâstân-e behdinân-e fârs ke az velâyat-e irân be hendustân âmade-and
      The beginning of the story of the People of Good Faith of Fars, who came to Hindustan from the land of Iran

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 261
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 96
  3. ^ Henning, W. B. (1939) “Sogdian Loan-Words in New Persian”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, volume 10, number 1, page 98

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian آغاز.

Pronunciation

Noun

آغاز (āġāzm (Hindi spelling आग़ाज़)

  1. start
  2. beginning
  3. commencement
    Synonyms: اِبْتِدا (ibtidā), شُرُوع (śurū'), آرَمْبھ (ārambh)