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Old Armenian
Etymology
According to Périkhanian, a tabooistic transformation of earlier *երազգ (*erazg), borrowed from Parthian *razg, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)resg- (“to waive, to plait”). The word is also attested as երազգայից (erazgayicʻ), ablative case of *երազգայք (*erazgaykʻ), a nominative plural formed from *երազգայ (*erazgay), the old genitive/dative of *երազգ (*erazg). The old instrumental *երազգաւ (*erazgaw) is attested in the toponym Երազգաւորս (Erazgawors).
Noun
երագազ • (eragaz)
- net for catching animals
Declension
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “երագազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “երագազ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 39
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “երագազ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy