Bengali edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian وعظ (wa'z), from Arabic وَعْظ (waʕẓ).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /o̯az/, [ˈo̯az], /o̯adʒ/, [ˈo̯adʒ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /o̯az/, [ˈo̯az], /o̯adʑ/, [ˈo̯adʑ]

Noun edit

ওয়াজ (ōẇaj)

  1. (Islam) waaz, a type of Islamic sermon