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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Parthian 𐫗𐫀𐫇𐫀𐫉 (nʾwʾz /nāwāz/, “skipper”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *naHuHaȷ́ás.
Noun
նաւազ • (nawaz)
- seaman, boatman
Declension
Descendants
- → Armenian: նավազ (navaz) (learned)
References
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նաւազ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նաւազ”, 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 57
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 500
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նաւազ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy