آغاز

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 [script needed] (ʾʾγʾz /āγāz/).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ɔˈɣɔz/

Noun

Dari آغاز
Iranian Persian
Tajik оғоз (oġoz)

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, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., 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 [to God], 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 [Zoroastrians] of Fars, who came to Hindustan from the land of Iran

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Bengali: আগাজ (agaz)
  • → Hindustani: āġāz
    Hindi: आग़ाज़
    Urdu: آغاز‎
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਆਗਾਜ਼ (āgāz)
    Shahmukhi script: آغاز‎ (āġāz)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: آغاز‎ (agaz, ağaz)

References

  • Henning, W. B. (1939), “Sogdian Loan-Words in New Persian”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies‎, volume 10, issue 1, page 98
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