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Old Armenian
Etymology
Certainly a Middle Iranian borrowing, but the underlying formation is uncertain. Asatrian explains it as *āwā̆zāk (“carrying away”), an agent noun from the preverb *aH- + *waȷ́ʰ- (“to carry”). For the suffix see -ակ (-ak).
Also from Middle Iranian: Old Georgian ავაზაკი (avazaḳi), Aghwan 𐔰𐔱𐔰𐔵𐔰𐕄 (abazaḳ).
Noun
աւազակ • (awazak)
- thief, robber, rifler
- assassin, brigand, highwayman
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References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աւազակ”, 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 351–352
- Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, pages 217–218
- Asatrjan, G. S. (1989) Отглагольные имена в среднеперсидском и парфянском [Verbal substantives in Middle Persian and Parthian] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 11
- Асатрян, Г. С. (2013) “Парфянское gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in С. Р. Тохтасьев, П. Б. Лурье, editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Сборник статей к 90-летию Владимира Ароновича Лившица (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya, →ISBN, page 103 of 102–105
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աւազակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աւազակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Tērvišean, Serovbē (1885) Hndewropakan naxalezu [The Proto-Indo-European Language] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Nšan K. Pērpērean, page 106
Further reading
- Hovhannisyan, L. Š. (2005) Hay-iranakan nor stugabanutʻyunner [New Armenian–Iranian Etymologies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Van Aryan, →ISBN, page 14, derives from the Iranian family of Persian آواز (âvâz, “voice, sound”), explaining as "screaming, making threatening, harsh sounds"
- Marr, N. (1913) “Из лингвистической поездки в Абхазию. (К этнологическим вопросам)”, in Известия Императорской Академии Наук (in Russian), volume 16, Saint Petersburg, page 330 of 303—334, derives from the ethnonym Abasgoi
- Müller, Friedrich (1892) “Pahlawi und armenische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 6, page 265, derives from the Iranian family of Persian بزه (beze)