գաւազան

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *gāwāzan (spiked stick used for driving oxen). Compare Classical Persian گوازه (gawāza), گاوزنه (gâwzana), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬰𐬀 (gauuāza, ox-goad). See the Persian for more.

Noun

գաւազան (gawazan)

  1. stick for driving animals
  2. cudgel for beating men
  3. blow, beating; punishment
  4. wand; rod; staff
    գաւազան իշխանութեանgawazan išxanutʻeanscepter
    գաւազան եպիսկոպոսականgawazan episkoposakancrosier
  5. (figuratively) power, authority
  6. the diocese overseen by a bishop
  7. sprig, shoot, twig (of a tree)
  8. stock, lineage
  9. each color-stripe of the rainbow

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: գավազան (gavazan)
    • Udi: (käväzän, (ecclesiastical) wand, staff)
    • Kurdish:
      Northern Kurdish: kevezan

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գաւազան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գաւազան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաւազան”, 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, pages 525–526