բոզ

Armenian

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Etymology 1

From Middle Armenian բոզ (boz), from Old Armenian բոզ (boz).

Noun

բոզ • (boz) (vulgar, offensive)

1. whore, tart, prostitute

   Synonym: պոռնիկ (poṙnik)

2. bitch, slut
3. motherfucker, dickhead (strong generic insult)
4. (slang) army officer (especially as used by the privates)
5. (slang) policeman, police officer

Declension

Derived terms

• բոզի տղա (bozi tġa)

Etymology 2

From Middle Armenian պօզ (pōz), from Ottoman Turkish بوز (boz).

Adjective

բոզ • (boz) (superlative ամենաբոզ) (dialectal)

1. grey

   Synonyms: գորշ (gorš), մոխրագույն (moxraguyn)

   • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani page 51:

     պօզ․ պէրէթթին

     pōz; pērētʻtʻin

     պօզ (pōz) = beretìn

Declension

Alternative forms

• պոզ (poz)
• բօզ (bōz), պօզ (pōz) — traditional orthography

References

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “պօզ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բոզ (boz).

Noun

բոզ • (boz)

1. whore, prostitute

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: բոզ (boz)

Old Armenian

Etymology

A Zan borrowing: compare Laz ბოზო (bozo, “girl”) and see it for more. For the sense development “girl” → “whore”, compare French fille (“girl; prostitute”), German Dirne (“girl; prostitute”), Russian девка (devka, “girlie; whore”).

Noun

բոզ • (boz)

1. whore, prostitute, strumpet, streetwalker
   • 5th century, Bible, Genesis 34.31:

     Եւ ասեն․ Իսկ զիա՞րդ զի իբրեւ զբոզ քարշեցին զքոյրն մեր։

     Ew asen; Isk zia^?rd zi ibrew zboz kʻaršecʻin zkʻoyrn mer.

     But they said, 'Should he treat our sister as a harlot?'

Declension

Synonyms

• ետր (etr)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: բոզ (boz)
  • Armenian: բոզ (boz)
• → Middle Georgian: ბოზი (bozi)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բոզ”, 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 459b
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բոզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Gabesḳiria, Šalva (2018) “Šota rustavelis mšobliuri ḳilos saḳitxisatvis „vepxisṭq̇aosnis“ dialekṭizmebis mixedvit [On Shota Rustaveli's native dialect from dialectisms used in "The Knight in the Panther's Skin"]”, in Merab Čuxua, editor, XXXVIII resṗubliḳuri dialekṭologiuri samecniero sesiis masalebi, batumi, 2018 c̣lis 9-10 noemberi‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 20
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բոզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy