Vow
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From Middle English vowe, voue, that from Old French vut, in turn from Latin vōtum (“a promise, dedication, vow”), from vovēre (“to promise, vow”). Doublet of vote.
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The root bā yā ʿayn (ب ي ع)
The root ʿayn wāw dhāl (ع و ذ), according to corpus.quran.com, occurs in the Quran 17 times.
Compare with English «voice» - "voice, sound".
Compare with English «vow» - "a solemn promise to perform some act; a declaration or assertion", from Latin «votum» - "promise, dedication, vow, solemn pledge, determination, will, desire, prayer".
Compare with Greek «εὐάζω - euázō» - "to cry εὐαί (euaí) in honor of Dionysus".
Compare with Persian «آواز - âvâz» - "voice, sound, note, tune, noise, rumor, echo'", with Sanskrit «वाच् - vā́c» - "a word, saying, phrase, sentence, statement, asseveration", with Latin «vox - vōx» - "voice, accent, speech, remark, expression, (turn of) phrase, word".
Compare with Turkish «ağız» - "mouth, accent".
Compare with Kazakh «auyz» - "mouth, nozzle".
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With the triliteral root ʿayn wāw nūn (ع و ن), according to corpus.quran.com, occurs in the Quran 11 times. See the article "Seek help".
With the triliteral root ghayn wāw thā (غ و ث), according to corpus.quran.com, occurs in the Quran 5 times. See the article "Seek help".
With the triliteral root wāw ʿayn ẓā (و ع ظ), according to corpus.quran.com, occurs in the Quran 25 times.
In the Quran
(2:67) Moses said to his people, "Allah orders you to slaughter a cow." They said, "Do you mock us?" He said, "I invoke (Arab. أَعُوذُ, aʿūdhu) to Allah lest I be of the okhloman."
(3:36) When she gave birth to her, she said: "Lord! For I gave birth to her as a girl," and Allah (knows best) who she gave birth to, and Masculinity is not like Femininity. "And for I named her Mary, and here I invoke (Arab. أُعِيذُهَا, uʿīdhuhā) to You for her, and her offspring, from (subjected to) Satan's Anathema."
