նազիմ

• նազեմ (nazem)

From Parthian (nʾz /⁠nāz-⁠/, “to take pleasure, delight; exult, triumph”). Compare Middle Persian (nʾz /⁠nāz-⁠/, “to take pleasure, delight; exult, triumph”), Persian ناز (nâz). These are perhaps from Proto-Iranian *nāiz-, from the same Proto-Indo-European source whence Russian не́га (néga), не́жный (néžnyj).

նազիմ • (nazim)

1. to pout, to be dainty, to give oneself airs, to stand upon ceremony, to make some difficulty, to be fussy, very particular, disdainful, overnice, to turn up one's nose, to simper, to smirk, to want asking, to hesitate
2. to play the bully, to set up for a beau, to boast or brag of, to pique or plume oneself
3. to put on the airs of a lord

• → Armenian: նազել (nazel) (learned)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նազիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նազիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• 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 63