واژه

Persian

Etymology

Middle Iranian. Compare Middle Persian wʾck' (wāzag, “utterance, saying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wɑː.ˈʒa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.ʒǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.ʒǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑː.ʒǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔː.ʒǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒː.ʒé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔ.ʒǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	wāža
Dari reading?	wāža
Iranian reading?	vâže
Tajik reading?	voža

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	واژه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	вожа

واژه • (vâže) (plural واژه‌ها (vâže-hâ) or واژگان (vâžegân))

1. word

   Synonym: کلمه (kalame)

2. term

Derived terms

• واژه‌نامه (vâže-nâme)
• سرواژه (sarvâže)

Related terms

• واژیدن (vâžidan, “to speak”)
• واژک (vâžak)
• تکواژ (takvâž)
• واج (vâj)