Where does “waaz” come from?

waaz (English) comes from Arabic وَعْظ — sermon.

waaz (English): An Islamic sermon

Definitions

  1. An Islamic sermon

Ancestry of “waaz”, step by step

waaz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic وَعْظ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicوَعْظsermon

via Middle Chinese 畫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese畫drawing
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