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Middle Armenian
Etymology
“Head of prostitutes”, from բոզ (boz) + աւագ (awag).
Noun
բոզաւագ • (bozawag)
- whoremaster, pimp, procurer
12–13th century,
Vardan Aygekcʻi,
Žołovacʻoykʻ aṙakacʻ Vardanay :
[1]- այլ եւս առաջնորդք, որ հոգևոր հայր են ժոդովրդեանն և խրատեն զժողովուրդս և զկաշառակերսն և զշահառոյս և զբոզաւագս և զարբեցողս, այլ առնուն կաշառ ի նոցանէ և թողուն զնոսա ի մեղս իւրեանց
- […] ayl ews aṙaǰnordkʻ, or hogewor hayr en žodovrdeann ew [očʻ] xraten zžoġovurds ew zkašaṙakersn ew zšahaṙoys ew zbozawags ew zarbecʻoġs, ayl aṙnun kašaṙ i nocʻanē ew tʻoġun znosa i meġs iwreancʻ […]
Yaysmawurkʻ January 3, (1706 edition):
- Եւ տարեալ ՚ի Թաւրէզ քաղաք շահաստան․ վաճառեցին կնոջ միոյ բոզաւագի․ և կինն այն բոզաւագ՝ էր հաւատովն քրիստոնեայ։ Իբրև գիտաց երիցակինն Յուսկայ՝ զբոզաւագն թէ քրիստոնեայ է։
- Ew tareal ’i Tʻawrēz kʻałakʻ šahastan; vačaṙecʻin knoǰ mioy bozawagi; ew kinn ayn bozawag, ēr hawatovn kʻristoneay. Ibrew gitacʻ ericʻakinn Yuskay, zbozawagn tʻē kʻristoneay ē.
- And having taken to the large city of Tabriz, they sold to a certain procuress. And this procuress was a Christian by faith.
15th century,
Yakob Netrarencʻ,
Otanawors Yakob vardapetē asacʻeal... , (Matenadaran manuscript no. 2672, page 369a):
- տարեալ Թավրէզ մեծ քաղաքի, վաճառեցին բոզաւագի
- […] tareal Tʻavrēz mec kʻaġakʻi, vačaṙecʻin bozawagi […]
- having taken to the large city of Tabriz, they sold to a whoremaster
Descendants
References
- ^ Марр, Н. (1894) Сборники притч Вардана. Часть II. Тексты [Collections of Vardan's fables. Part II. Texts], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 15
Further reading
- 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 459a
- Brand, John, Awgerean, Yarutʻiwn (1825) “բոզաւագ”, in Baṙaran hayerēn ew angłiakan [A Dictionary Armenian and English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 128a
- J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “բոզաւագ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 526b
- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “բոզաւագ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 122a
- Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “բոզաւագ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 113
- Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1749) “բոզաւագ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 158a
- Villotte, Jacques (1714) “lena”, in Dictionarium Novum Latino-Armenium [New Latin–Armenian Dictionary], Rome: Typographia Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, page 439a