واز

واز (waz)

1. open
2. wide

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

واز • (wâz)

1. (chiefly Dari) open, open wide

In Classical Persian, both باز (bâz) and واز‎ (vâz), 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 گشوده‎ (gošude), which is now archaic both in Iranian and Afghani usage and mainly reserved for poetry.

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