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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinesedrawing
Every word from Arabic وَعْظ