բարձ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բարձ (barj).

Pronunciation

Noun

բարձ (barj)

  1. pillow; cushion
  2. (figuratively, historical) dignity, degree
  3. (geometry, Western Armenian) base of a triangle
    Synonym: հիմք (himkʻ)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Iranian *barz-, from Proto-Iranian *barjíš (pillow), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰarȷ́ʰíš. The later senses developed from the original meaning of "pillow".

Noun

բարձ (barj)

  1. pillow (that is put under the head)
    փետրալից բարձpʻetralicʻ barjdowny pillow
    բարձ երեսացbarj eresacʻpillow
  2. cushion for sitting, considered a sign of dignity
    բարձ առաջինbarj aṙaǰinfirst place, place of honour
  3. (figuratively) dignity, degree, throne
    բարձ տալ ումեքbarj tal umekʻto confer a dignity of some one
  4. bench, seat in a ship
  5. (geometry) base of a triangle
  6. (in the plural, anatomy) thigh, hip

Declension

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Descendants

  • Armenian: բարձ (barj)
  • Chechen: барч (barč)
  • Georgian: ბარძაყი (barʒaq̇i)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բարձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բարձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press