գազան

From Old Armenian գազան (gazan).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡɑˈzɑn/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /kɑˈzɑn/,

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• Hyphenation: գա‧զան

գազան • (gazan)

1. wild beast
2. (figuratively) brute, cruel man

գազան • (gazan) (superlative ամենագազան)

1. brutal, bestial; atrocious, savage
2. (slang) excellent, very good, cool

• գազանանոց (gazananocʻ)

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian (gzytn' /⁠gazīdan⁠/), Persian گزیدن (gazidan, “to bite, sting”), گزان (gazân, “biting”).^[1][2][3][4]

գազան • (gazan)

1. wild predatory beast
   • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (TR).2.1:^[5]

     Սկսցուք ասել վասն առիւծուն, որ թագաւոր է ամենայն գազանաց կամ թէ ամենայն իսկ անասնոց։

     Skscʻukʻ asel vasn aṙiwcun, or tʻagawor ē amenayn gazanacʻ kam tʻē amenayn isk anasnocʻ.

     • Translation by Gohar Muradyan

       Let us begin to speak of the lion, the king of all the beasts or all the animals.

2. elephant
3. serpent; dragon
4. (figuratively) brutal, beastly man

գազան • (gazan)

1. strong (of brine, vinegar)

• Armenian: գազան (gazan)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գազան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գազան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գազան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press