ساز

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See also: سار

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Persian ساز (sâz).

Noun

ساز (saz)

  1. means, appliances, equipage
  2. goods, effects, substance
  3. good works standing to one's credit in heaven
  4. learning, talent, ability
  5. a stringed instrument, especially the saz or baglama
  6. instrumental music, a band
Descendants
Descendants
  • Turkish: saz

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

ساز (saz)

  1. Alternative spelling of صاز (saz, rush)

Further reading

Persian

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Etymology

Lexicalization of the stem ساز (sâz-) of the verb ساختن (sâxtan, to make, construct; to compose).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? sāz
Dari reading? sāz
Iranian reading? sâz
Tajik reading? soz

Noun

ساز (sâz) (plural سازها (sâz-hâ))

  1. musical instrument

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: saz
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: साज़ (sāz)
    Urdu: ساز (sāz, saz)
  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: saz
  • Ottoman Turkish: ساز (sâz)
    • Turkish: saz
    • Middle Armenian: սազ (saz) (or directly from Persian)
  • Punjabi:

References

  • Cabolov, R. L. (2010) “¹sāz”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 251
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2015-08-11) “saz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük, retrieved 2016-05-12

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ساز (sāz).

Noun

ساز (sāzm (Hindi spelling साज़)

  1. instrument
  2. music
  3. musical note