Where does “vaiz” come from?

vaiz (Zhuang) comes from Arabic واعظ, from Arabic وَعَظَ — to preach.

vaiz (Zhuang): water buffalo

Definitions

  1. water buffalo

Ancestry of “vaiz”, step by step

vaiz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic واعظ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicواعظpreacher
2Arabicوَعَظَto preach

via Proto-Tai ɣwaːjᴬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taiɣwaːjᴬwater buffalo

Words derived from “vaiz”

Every word from Arabic وَعَظَ →Every word from Arabic واعظ →