باز

See also: باژ, تاز, تار, بار, پار, ثأر, and ثار

Arabic

Alternative forms

بَأْز (baʔz)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭠𐭰 (bʾc /⁠bāz⁠/, “hawk, falcon”); cognates with Old Armenian բազէ (bazē), Georgian ბაზი (bazi), Classical Syriac ܒܙܐ (bāzāʾ), and Hebrew בַּז (baz).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baːz/
Rhymes: -aːz

Noun

بَازٌ • (bāzun) m (dual بَازَانِ (bāzāni), plural بِيزَان (bīzān) or أَبْوَاز (ʔabwāz) or بُزَاة (buzāh))

hawk

Declension

Declension of noun **بَاز** (bāz)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَاز bāz	الْبَاز al-bāz	بَاز bāz
nominative	بَازٌ bāzun	الْبَازُ al-bāzu	بَازُ bāzu
accusative	بَازًا bāzan	الْبَازَ al-bāza	بَازَ bāza
genitive	بَازٍ bāzin	الْبَازِ al-bāzi	بَازِ bāzi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَازَيْن bāzayn	الْبَازَيْن al-bāzayn	بَازَيْ bāzay
nominative	بَازَانِ bāzāni	الْبَازَانِ al-bāzāni	بَازَا bāzā
accusative	بَازَيْنِ bāzayni	الْبَازَيْنِ al-bāzayni	بَازَيْ bāzay
genitive	بَازَيْنِ bāzayni	الْبَازَيْنِ al-bāzayni	بَازَيْ bāzay
plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بِيزَان‎; أَبْوَاز‎; بُزَاة bīzān‎; ʔabwāz‎; buzāt	الْبِيزَان‎; الْأَبْوَاز‎; الْبُزَاة al-bīzān‎; al-ʔabwāz‎; al-buzāt	بِيزَان‎; أَبْوَاز‎; بُزَاة bīzān‎; ʔabwāz‎; buzāt
nominative	بِيزَانٌ‎; أَبْوَازٌ‎; بُزَاةٌ bīzānun‎; ʔabwāzun‎; buzātun	الْبِيزَانُ‎; الْأَبْوَازُ‎; الْبُزَاةُ al-bīzānu‎; al-ʔabwāzu‎; al-buzātu	بِيزَانُ‎; أَبْوَازُ‎; بُزَاةُ bīzānu‎; ʔabwāzu‎; buzātu
accusative	بِيزَانًا‎; أَبْوَازًا‎; بُزَاةً bīzānan‎; ʔabwāzan‎; buzātan	الْبِيزَانَ‎; الْأَبْوَازَ‎; الْبُزَاةَ al-bīzāna‎; al-ʔabwāza‎; al-buzāta	بِيزَانَ‎; أَبْوَازَ‎; بُزَاةَ bīzāna‎; ʔabwāza‎; buzāta
genitive	بِيزَانٍ‎; أَبْوَازٍ‎; بُزَاةٍ bīzānin‎; ʔabwāzin‎; buzātin	الْبِيزَانِ‎; الْأَبْوَازِ‎; الْبُزَاةِ al-bīzāni‎; al-ʔabwāzi‎; al-buzāti	بِيزَانِ‎; أَبْوَازِ‎; بُزَاةِ bīzāni‎; ʔabwāzi‎; buzāti

Noun

بَازٍ • (bāzin) m (construct state بَازِي (bāzī), dual بَازِيَانِ (bāziyāni), plural بَوَازٍ (bawāzin) or بُزَاةٌ (buzātun) or بِيزَانٌ (bīzānun))

alternative form of بَازٌ (bāzun)

Declension

Declension of noun **بَازٍ** (bāzin)
singular	singular triptote in ـٍ (-in)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَازِي bāzī	الْبَازِي al-bāzī	بَازِي bāzī
nominative	بَازٍ bāzin	الْبَازِي al-bāzī	بَازِي bāzī
accusative	بَازِيًا bāziyan	الْبَازِيَ al-bāziya	بَازِيَ bāziya
genitive	بَازٍ bāzin	الْبَازِي al-bāzī	بَازِي bāzī
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَازِيَيْن bāziyayn	الْبَازِيَيْن al-bāziyayn	بَازِيَيْ bāziyay
nominative	بَازِيَانِ bāziyāni	الْبَازِيَانِ al-bāziyāni	بَازِيَا bāziyā
accusative	بَازِيَيْنِ bāziyayni	الْبَازِيَيْنِ al-bāziyayni	بَازِيَيْ bāziyay
genitive	بَازِيَيْنِ bāziyayni	الْبَازِيَيْنِ al-bāziyayni	بَازِيَيْ bāziyay
plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)‎; broken plural triptote in ـَاة (-āh)‎; basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَوَازِي‎; بُزَاة‎; بِيزَان bawāzī‎; buzāt‎; bīzān	الْبَوَازِي‎; الْبُزَاة‎; الْبِيزَان al-bawāzī‎; al-buzāt‎; al-bīzān	بَوَازِي‎; بُزَاة‎; بِيزَان bawāzī‎; buzāt‎; bīzān
nominative	بَوَازٍ‎; بُزَاةٌ‎; بِيزَانٌ bawāzin‎; buzātun‎; bīzānun	الْبَوَازِي‎; الْبُزَاةُ‎; الْبِيزَانُ al-bawāzī‎; al-buzātu‎; al-bīzānu	بَوَازِي‎; بُزَاةُ‎; بِيزَانُ bawāzī‎; buzātu‎; bīzānu
accusative	بَوَازِيَ‎; بُزَاةً‎; بِيزَانًا bawāziya‎; buzātan‎; bīzānan	الْبَوَازِيَ‎; الْبُزَاةَ‎; الْبِيزَانَ al-bawāziya‎; al-buzāta‎; al-bīzāna	بَوَازِيَ‎; بُزَاةَ‎; بِيزَانَ bawāziya‎; buzāta‎; bīzāna
genitive	بَوَازٍ‎; بُزَاةٍ‎; بِيزَانٍ bawāzin‎; buzātin‎; bīzānin	الْبَوَازِي‎; الْبُزَاةِ‎; الْبِيزَانِ al-bawāzī‎; al-buzāti‎; al-bīzāni	بَوَازِي‎; بُزَاةِ‎; بِيزَانِ bawāzī‎; buzāti‎; bīzāni

Descendants

Maltese: bies

Burushaski

Etymology

From Classical Persian (bāz), from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭠𐭰 (bʾc‌ /⁠bāz⁠/, “hawk, falcon”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [baːz]

Noun

باز (baaz) (plural بازشݸ)

falcon

References

Sadaf Munshi (2015) “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project‎^[1].

Khalaj

Noun

باز (bâz) (definite accusative بازؽ, plural بازلار)

Arabic spelling of bâz (“falcon”)

Declension

Declension of
	singular	plural
nominative	باز	بازلار
genitive	بازؽݧ	بازلارؽݧ
dative	بازقا	بازلارقا
definite accusative	بازؽ	بازلارؽ
locative	بازچا	بازلارچا
ablative	بازدا	بازلاردا
instrumental	بازلا	بازلارلا
equative	بازوارا	بازلاروارا

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَاز (bāz).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baːz/

Noun

باز • (bāz) m (plural بيزان (bīzān))

falcon

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian (bâz, “open”).

Adjective

باز • (baz)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian (bâz, “again”).

Adverb

باز • (baz)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Persian (bâz, “hawk, falcon”).

Noun

باز • (baz)

hawk
falcon

Related terms

بازك (bazek)

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 321

Pashto

Noun

باز • (transliteration needed)

hawk, falcon

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈbaːz/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑːz]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑːz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔːz]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bɒːz]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɔz]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bāz
Dari reading^?	bāz
Iranian reading^?	bâz
Tajik reading^?	boz

Audio (Iran): (file)

Etymology 1

Perhaps related to Etymology 2.

Adjective

باز • (bâz) (now especially Iran)


Dari	واز
Iranian Persian	باز
Tajik	кушода

open, open wide
(figurative) thawed
(figurative) untied, unraveled, unfolded

Usage notes

In Classical Persian, both (bâz) and (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 (vâ) is also common in colloquial Iranian speech. Tajik usually uses the unrelated кушода (kušoda), equivalent to Iranian (gošude), which is now archaic both in Iranian and Afghani usage and mainly reserved for poetry.

Derived terms

باز کردن (bâz kardan, “to open”)
باز شدن (bâz šodan, “to be opened”)

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: باز
→ Swahili: wazi

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾpʾc), 𐫀𐫁𐫀𐫝 (ʾbʾc /⁠abāz⁠/, “back, again, re-”), from Proto-Iranian *apāča- (“back”), derived from Proto-Iranian *apānk- (“behind”), from Proto-Iranian *Hápa (“off, away”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa (“off, away”).^[2]

Less likely, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰe (instrumental particle) + *-ǵʰs (“out”), and cognate with Sanskrit बहिस् (bahis, “out, aside from”).^[3]

Adverb


Iranian Persian	باز
Dari	باز
Tajik	боз

باز • (bâz)

again, re-
Synonym: دوباره (do-bâre)
still, yet (especially with هم (ham) as باز هم (bâz ham))
(Dari, colloquial) then

Derived terms

باز آمدن (bâz âmadan, “to come back”)

Etymology 3

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭠𐭰 (bʾc /⁠bāz⁠/, “hawk, falcon”). Related to Sanskrit भास (bhāsa, “bird of prey”), as well as Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian բազէ (bazē), Georgian ბაზი (bazi), and Classical Syriac ܒܙܝܩܐ (bāzīqā).

Noun


Iranian Persian	باز
Dari	باز
Tajik	боз

باز • (bâz) (plural بازها, or بازان)

hawk
falcon

Descendants

→ Bengali: বাজ (baj)
→ Burushaski: baaz
→ Georgian: ბაზი (bazi)
→ Northern Kurdish: baz
→ Hindustani: (see there for further descendants)
Hindi: बाज़ (bāz)

Urdu: باز (bāz)
→ Khalaj: bâz
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਬਾਜ਼ (bāz)

Shahmukhi script: باز (bāz)
→ Ottoman Turkish: باز (baz)
→ Old Armenian: բազէ (bazē)
- Armenian: բազե (baze)

Etymology 4

Adjective

باز • (bâz)

active participial adjective of (bâxtan)

Verb

باز • (bâz)

present stem form of (bâxtan)

Derived terms

Persian terms suffixed with ـباز

References

^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 146
^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 184
^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 53

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (bāz).

Noun

باز • (bāzu) m (Devanagari spelling बाज़ु)

hawk, falcon

Urdu

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑːz/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian (bāz).

Adjective

باز • (bāz) (Hindi spelling बाज़)

open, open wide
Synonyms: واز (vāz), وا (vā)

Derived terms

باز کرنا (bāz karnā, “to open”)
باز ہونا (bāz honā, “to be open, opened”)
باز آنا (bāz ānā, “to give up”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian (bāz).

Noun

باز • (bāz) m (Hindi spelling बाज़)

hawk, falcon, eagle

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian (-bāz).

Suffix

ـباز • (-bāz) (Hindi spelling -बाज़)

skilled in

Examples

جلدباز (jaldbāz)
دھوکہ باز (dhoke-bāz)
ڈرامہ باز (ḍarāme-bāz)

References

“باز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“باز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Pashto باز (bāz).

Noun

باز (bāz)

eagle

[1] Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 146

[2] Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 184

[3] Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 53

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