واج
Persian
| Dari | واج |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | воҷ |
Etymology
From Middle Persian ʾʾwʾg (āwāg, “voice, speech”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈwaːd͡ʒ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [wɑ́ːd͡ʒ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [vɒ́ːd͡ʒ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [vɔ́d͡ʒ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | wāj |
| Dari reading? | wāj |
| Iranian reading? | vâj |
| Tajik reading? | voj |
Noun
واج • (vâj)
Related terms
Punjabi
Etymology
From وَجّݨا (vajjṇā). Compare کاٹ (kāṭ), داب (dāb), کاڈھ (kāḍh) and چاب (cāb). Unrelated to آواز (āvāz), which is borrowed from Persian.
Noun
واج • (vāj) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਾਜ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | واج (vāj) | واجاں (vājāṉ) |
| oblique | واج (vāj) | واجاں (vājāṉ) |
| vocative | واجے (vāje) | واجو (vājo) |
| ablative | واجوں (vājoṉ) | — |
| locative | واجی (vājī) | واجِیں (vājīṉ) |
| instrumental | واجے (vāje) | واجِیں (vājīṉ) |
Synonyms
- آواز (āvāz)
Related terms
- واجا (vājā, “instrument”)