واز

Laki

Adjective

واز (waz)

1. open
2. wide

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾpʾc), 𐫀𐫁𐫀𐫝 (ʾbʾc /⁠abāz⁠/, “back, again, re-”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wɑːz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔz]

Readings
Classical reading?	wāz
Dari reading?	wāz
Iranian reading?	vâz
Tajik reading?	voz

Adjective

Dari	واز
Iranian Persian	باز
Tajik	кушода

واز • (wâz)

1. (chiefly Dari) open, open wide

Usage notes

In Classical Persian, both باز (bāz) and واز (wāz), variants of the same etymon, were in use. The former is now more common in the Iranian standard language and the latter in the Afghani standard, although the contracted وا (vâ) is also common in colloquial Iranian speech. Tajik usually uses the unrelated кушода (kušoda), equivalent to Iranian Persian گشوده (gošude), which is now archaic both in Iranian and Afghan usage and mainly reserved for poetry.

Derived terms

• واز کردن (vâz kardan, “to open”)
• واز شدن (vâz šodan, “to be opened”)

Urdu

Adjective

واز • (vāz) (Hindi spelling वाज़)

1. open, open wide

   Synonyms: باز (bāz), وا (vā)

Derived terms

• واز کرنا (vāz karnā, “to open”)
• واز ہونا (vāz honā, “to be open, opened”)