մարզ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian մարզ (marz).

Pronunciation

Noun

մարզ • (marz)

  1. region
  2. marz (of Armenia)

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • մարձ (marj)

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mlc /⁠marz⁠/, boundary, march), Persian مرز (marz, boundary, border, frontier)

Noun

մարզ • (marz)

  1. frontier, province

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: մարզ (marz)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մարզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մարզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 193
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մարզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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