աւազ

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Has been compared to Latin sabulum (gravel, sand), Ancient Greek ψάμμος (psámmos), ἄμαθος (ámathos, sand) and Proto-Germanic *samdaz and derived from Proto-Indo-European *sabʰ-.[1][2]

Martirosyan proposes borrowing from Iranian; compare Sogdian 𐼰𐼰𐼴𐼵𐼷𐼷 (ʾʾwzyy /⁠*ōwazē⁠/), [script needed] (ʾʾwzʾk /⁠āwaze, āwāz⁠/, lake, pond), Persian آوازه (âvâze, swamp; pool), Old Armenian աւազան (awazan, pool; receptacle, washing tub, watering trough, cauldron, laver, bath) (from Iranian), with a semantic shift “swamp” → “silt” → “sand”.[3]

Compare also Mazanderani وازیک (vâzik, sand).

Noun

աւազ • (awaz)

  1. sand, gravel
    աւազ ցանելawaz cʻanelto gravel
    խրել յաւազիxrel yawazito run upon a sand, to stick fast in the sand
    շփել աւազովšpʻel awazovto scour with sand
    տեղի, փոս աւազոյtełi, pʻos awazoysand-pit
    ժամացոյց յաւազոյžamacʻoycʻ yawazoyhour-glass
    աւազքawazkʻsand-banks, quick-sands, downs; sand-pit
    խրել յաւազսxrel yawazsto run upon a sand
  2. (by extension) dust

Declension

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Derived terms

  • աւազաբար (awazabar)
  • աւազալից (awazalicʻ)
  • աւազախիր (awazaxir)
  • աւազածին (awazacin)
  • աւազածիր (awazacir)
  • աւազակապ (awazakap)
  • աւազահիմն (awazahimn)
  • աւազամած (awazamac)
  • աւազանման (awazanman)
  • աւազաշէն (awazašēn)
  • աւազատիպ (awazatip)
  • աւազափուլ (awazapʻul)
  • աւազաքատակ (awazakʻatak)
  • աւազեղէն (awazełēn)
  • աւազեմ (awazem)
  • աւազի (awazi)
  • աւազին (awazin)
  • աւազուտ (awazut)
  • ընդաւազեմ (əndawazem)
  • նաւազեմ (nawazem)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ավազ (avaz)

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աւազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “awaz”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 149

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աւազ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) “hāysiñä”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, pages 478–479
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աւազ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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