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English
Etymology
From Persian آواز.
Noun
avaz (plural avazes)
- (music) An unmetered vocal section of a mode in Persian music.
Albanian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish آواز (avaz, “cry, shout; voice, sound; tone, note”).[1]
Noun
avaz m (plural avazë, definite avazi, definite plural avazet)
- refrain, tune, melody, song
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References
- ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “avaz”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 49
Further reading
- “avaz”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Persian آواز (âvâz).
Pronunciation
Noun
avaz (definite accusative avazı, plural avazlar)
- (poetic) voice (especially of singing voices)
- Synonyms: səs, səda
- (poetic) song, singing
- (colloquial) talk, conversation
Declension
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آواز (avaz), from Persian آواز (âvâz). Akin to àvāzīle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǎʋaːz/
- Hyphenation: a‧vaz
Noun
àvāz m (Cyrillic spelling а̀ва̄з)
- (regional, Bosnia) voice
- Synonym: glȃs
- (regional, Bosnia) news
- Synonyms: vijȇst, vȇst
Declension
References
- “avaz”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 105
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish آواز (avaz), from Persian آواز (âvâz). Doublet of vokal, cognate with English voice.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈvaz/
- Hyphenation: a‧vaz
Noun
avaz (definite accusative avazı, plural avazlar)
- scream, cry [1] (usually in compounds given in "derived terms" of which the 2nd is inflectable and usually with + "bağırmak" "to scream" combined, and as a noun might be obsolete as well, so it might be an adverb, thus "loudly")
- voice
- sound
Derived terms
References
- ^ “avaz”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu