ռազմ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ռազմ (ṙazm).

Pronunciation

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• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key):

Noun

ռազմ • (ṙazm)

1. battle; war

   ռազմի դաշտ ― ṙazmi dašt ― battlefield

   ռազմի շեփոր՝ փող հնչեցնել ― ṙazmi šepʻor, pʻoġ hnčʻecʻnel ― to make a trumpet call, to call to arms

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• ըռազմ (əṙazm)

Etymology

From Middle Persian (lcm /⁠razm⁠/, “battle, war”). Compare Persian رزم (razm, “war, battle”), Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬯𐬨𐬀𐬥 (rasman, “battle array, army”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-.

Noun

ռազմ • (ṙazm)

1. battle array, rank, line, order

   ռազմ առնել, կարգել զռազմն ― ṙazm aṙnel, kargel zṙazmn ― to marshal, to array

   հատանել զռազմ պարուց զօրաց ― hatanel zṙazm parucʻ zōracʻ ― to put to rout, to disperse, to defeat, to discomfit

2. battle, war

   ռազմ դնել, ի ռազմ մտանիլ ― ṙazm dnel, i ṙazm mtanil ― to make war, to fight, to assail

   • 5th century, Ełišē, Vasn Vardanay ew Hayocʻ paterazmin chapter 4, (1957 edition, page 96):

     Այլ և դրօշից անգամ իւրաքանչիւրոց տեղեկանայր ի նմանէ․ և թէ քանի՛ գունդ զզօրսն բաժանիցեն, և ո՛ր ոք ի նոցանէ սաղարք լինիցին, և ո՛ր զօրագլուխ յորմէ կողմանէ յռազմ մտանիցէ, և զինչ անուանք իւրաքանչիւր համհարզացն իցեն, և քանի՛ փողահարք ի մէջ գնդին ձայնիցեն։

     Ayl ew drōšicʻ angam iwrakʻančʻiwrocʻ tełekanayr i nmanē; ew tʻē kʻaní gund zzōrsn bažanicʻen, ew ór okʻ i nocʻanē sałarkʻ linicʻin, ew ór zōraglux yormē kołmanē yṙazm mtanicʻē, ew zinčʻ anuankʻ iwrakʻančʻiwr hamharzacʻn icʻen, ew kʻaní pʻołaharkʻ i mēǰ gndin jaynicʻen.

     • Translation by Robert W. Thomson

       He also inquired from him about each of the standards: into how many companies they divided the army, which of them were generals, which commander would attack from which side, what were the names of each one's adjutants, how many trumpeters would sound in the company.

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• պատերազմ (paterazm)

Descendants

• Armenian: ռազմ (ṙazm)
• Georgian: რაზმი (razmi)

References

Further reading

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