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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-.
Martirosyan proposes borrowing from Iranian; compare Sogdian 𐼰𐼰𐼴𐼵𐼷𐼷 (ʾʾwzyy /*ōwazē/), (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”.
Compare also Mazanderani وازیک (vâzik, “sand”).
Noun
աւազ • (awaz)
- sand, gravel
- աւազ ցանել ― awaz cʻanel ― to gravel
- խրել յաւազի ― xrel yawazi ― to run upon a sand, to stick fast in the sand
- շփել աւազով ― špʻel awazov ― to scour with sand
- տեղի, փոս աւազոյ ― tełi, pʻos awazoy ― sand-pit
- ժամացոյց յաւազոյ ― žamacʻoycʻ yawazoy ― hour-glass
- աւազք ― awazkʻ ― sand-banks, quick-sands, downs; sand-pit
- խրել յաւազս ― xrel yawazs ― to run upon a sand
- (by extension) dust
Declension
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singular
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plural
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աւազ (awaz)
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աւազք (awazkʻ)
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| genitive
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աւազոյ (awazoy)
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աւազոց (awazocʻ)
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| dative
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աւազոյ (awazoy)
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աւազոց (awazocʻ)
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| accusative
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աւազ (awaz)
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աւազս (awazs)
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| ablative
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աւազոյ (awazoy)
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աւազոց (awazocʻ)
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| instrumental
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աւազով (awazov)
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աւազովք (awazovkʻ)
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| locative
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աւազ (awaz)
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աւազս (awazs)
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| an i-a-type instrumental singular աւազաւ (awazaw) is attested post-classically
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
- ^ 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
- ^ 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