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Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ախորժ (axorž).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ախորժ • (axorž) (superlative ամենաախորժ)
- (rare) pleasant, agreeable
Declension
Further reading
- “ախորժ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
Old Armenian
Etymology
From an Iranian word of the form *ā-xwarž-, composed of the prefix *aH- and a cognate of Ossetian хорз (xorz) / хуарз (xwarz, “good”), Jassic horz, Middle Persian (hwʾlyst' /xwālist/, “sweetest”), Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀- (xᵛarəzišta-, “sweetest”).
Adjective
ախորժ • (axorž) indeclinable
- pleasant, agreeable
- ախորժ բանք ― axorž bankʻ ― agreeable words
- ախորժ վայրք ― axorž vayrkʻ ― enchanting places
- ախորժ յօժարութեամբ ― axorž yōžarutʻeamb ― with great pleasure, willingly
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: ախորժ (axorž)
Further reading
- Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 218–219
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ախորժ”, 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 99b
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ախորժ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 15c
- Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 504b
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ախորժ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 28a
- Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “ախորժ”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 18b
- 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 862
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ախորժ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 5b
- Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 418