आवाज़

See also: आवाज

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (âvâz), from Middle Persian ʾwʾz (āwāz), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs. Cognate with Sanskrit वाच् (vā́c) and Latin vōx. Doublet of वाक् (vāk).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ʋɑːz/, [äː.ʋäːz], /ɑː.ʋɑːd͡ʒ/, [äː.ʋäːd͡ʒ]

Noun

आवाज़ • (āvāz) f (Urdu spelling آواز‎)

voice; call, cry
मुझे किसी की आवाज़ अभी सुनाई दी।
mujhe kisī kī āvāz abhī sunāī dī.
I just heard someone's voice.

पतली आवाज़ ― patlī āvāz ― high voice

ऊँची आवाज़ ― ū̃cī āvāz ― loud voice

आवाज़ उठाना ― āvāz uṭhānā ― to raise one's voice, to speak out

Synonyms: स्वर (svar), वाक् (vāk)
sound, noise
इतनी आवाज़ कौन मचा रहा है?
itnī āvāz kaun macā rahā hai?
Who is making all that noise?

Synonyms: शोर (śor), वाक् (vāk)

Declension

Declension of आवाज़ (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आवाज़ āvāz	आवाज़ें āvāzẽ
oblique	आवाज़ āvāz	आवाज़ों āvāzõ
vocative	आवाज़ āvāz	आवाज़ो āvāzo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “avaz”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884), “आवाज़”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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