մոզանամ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From *մոզ (*moz, great, much, mighty, increased), of unknown origin, +‎ -ան- (-an-). Jahukyan proposes an Iranian derivation: compare Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰- (maz-, large, great), Sogdian (mzʾγ-), Northern Kurdish mezin.

Verb

մոզանամ (mozanam)

  1. (transitive) to become large or mighty, to increase

Usage notes

The evidence is scarce, and there are reading variants մողացեալ (mołacʻeal) and մոռացեալ (moṙacʻeal). The word should be regarded as uncertain.

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References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մոզանամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մոզանամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մոզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1995) “Hay-iranakan lezvakan zugadipumner [Armenian–Iranian Lingual Parallels]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 2, pages 183–186
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 472