դատախազ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian դատախազ (dataxaz).

Pronunciation

Noun

դատախազ • (dataxaz)

  1. prosecutor

Declension

Derived terms

  • դատախազական (dataxazakan)

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowing from an Iranian word literally meaning "seeking, desiring justice"; compare Persian دادخواه (dâdxvâh, complainant, plaintiff). For the constituents see դատ (dat, justice) and *խազ- (*xaz-, to seek, desire).[1][2][3]

Noun

դատախազ • (dataxaz)

  1. accuser, adversary
    դատախազ լինել, դատախազ դնել ընդdataxaz linel, dataxaz dnel əndto accuse, to denounce; to oppose

Declension

Derived terms

  • դատախազեմ (dataxazem)
  • դատախազանք (dataxazankʻ)
  • դատախազութիւն (dataxazutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: դատախազ (dataxaz)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դատախազ”, 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, pages 629–630
  2. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 876
  3. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “դատախազ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 186b

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