աւազան

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Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. See Persian آبزن (âbzan, bath, pool) for more.

Noun

աւազան (awazan)

  1. water tank, pond, pool, bath, basin
  2. (Christianity) baptismal font

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Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աւազան”, 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 352ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աւազան”, 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, pages 111–112
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աւազան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy