բոզ

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Armenian բոզ (boz), from Old Armenian բոզ (boz).

Noun

բոզ • (boz) (vulgar, offensive)

  1. whore, tart, prostitute
    Synonym: պոռնիկ (poṙnik)
  2. bitch, slut
  3. motherfucker, dickhead (strong generic insult)
  4. (slang) army officer (especially as used by the privates)
  5. (slang) policeman, police officer
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Armenian պօզ (pōz), from Ottoman Turkish بوز (boz).

Adjective

բոզ • (boz) (superlative ամենաբոզ) (dialectal)

  1. grey
    Synonyms: գորշ (gorš), մոխրագույն (moxraguyn)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 51:[1]
      պօզ․ պէրէթթին
      pōz; pērētʻtʻin
      պօզ (pōz) = beretìn
Declension
Alternative forms

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 240

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “պօզ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բոզ (boz).

Noun

բոզ • (boz)

  1. whore, prostitute

Derived terms

  • բոզանալ (bozanal)
  • բոզապերճ (bozaperč)
  • բոզատուն (bozatun)
  • բոզաւագ (bozawag)
  • բոզնալ (boznal)
  • բոզտուն (boztun)
  • բոզրած (bozrac)
  • բոզրածութիւն (bozracutʻiwn)
  • բոզրծութիւն (bozrcutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: բոզ (boz)

Old Armenian

Etymology

A Zan borrowing: compare Laz ბოზო (bozo, girl) and see it for more. For the sense development “girl” → “whore”, compare French fille (girl; prostitute), German Dirne (girl; prostitute), Russian девка (devka, girlie; whore).

Noun

բոզ • (boz)

  1. whore, prostitute, strumpet, streetwalker
    • 5th century, Bible, Genesis 34.31:
      Եւ ասեն․ Իսկ զիա՞րդ զի իբրեւ զբոզ քարշեցին զքոյրն մեր։
      Ew asen; Isk zia?rd zi ibrew zboz kʻaršecʻin zkʻoyrn mer.
      But they said, 'Should he treat our sister as a harlot?'

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • բոզաբար (bozabar)
  • բոզաբոյծ (bozaboyc)
  • բոզակաց (bozakacʻ)
  • բոզակեաց (bozakeacʻ)
  • բոզահոմանի (bozahomani)
  • բոզանոց (bozanocʻ)
  • բոզապետ (bozapet)
  • բոզասէր (bozasēr)
  • բոզասպան (bozaspan)
  • բոզեան (bozean)
  • բոզորդի (bozordi)
  • բոզութիւն (bozutʻiwn)

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բոզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 459b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բոզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Gabesḳiria, Šalva (2018) “Šota rustavelis mšobliuri ḳilos saḳitxisatvis „vepxisṭq̇aosnis“ dialekṭizmebis mixedvit [On Shota Rustaveli's native dialect from dialectisms used in "The Knight in the Panther's Skin"]”, in Merab Čuxua, editor, XXXVIII resṗubliḳuri dialekṭologiuri samecniero sesiis masalebi, batumi, 2018 c̣lis 9-10 noemberi (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 20
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բոզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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