վռազ

From Middle Armenian վռազ (vṙaz).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /vəˈrɑz/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /vəˈɾɑz/,

վռազ • (vṙaz)

1. (dialectal) in a hurry, hastily, quickly

   Synonyms: շուտ (šut), արագ (arag), շտապ (štap)

   վռազ արի՛ ― vṙaz arí ― come quickly!

2. (dialectal) immediately

   Synonyms: անմիջապես (anmiǰapes), իսկույն (iskuyn)

   վռազ համաձայնվեց ― vṙaz hamajaynvecʻ ― he agreed immediately

վռազ • (vṙaz) (superlative ամենավռազ)

1. (dialectal) urgent, pressing

   Synonym: շտապ (štap)

   վռազ գործ ունեմ ― vṙaz gorc unem ― I have a pressing matter

2. (dialectal) in a hurry

   վռազ եմ, հիմա չեմ կարա խոսամ ― vṙaz em, hima čʻem kara xosam ― I'm in a hurry, can't talk right now

• վռազել (vṙazel)

Probably connected with Middle Armenian վռզ-քիթ (vṙz-kʻitʻ, “prominent nose”) and Old Armenian վռզ-ող (vṙz-oł, “obstinate”) and borrowed from Iranian: compare Middle Persian (prʾc), 𐫜𐫡𐫀𐫝 (frʾc /⁠frāz⁠/, “forward, prominent, distinguished; forward, forth; near”), Parthian 𐫜𐫡𐫀𐫝 (frʾc /⁠frāž⁠/, “forward, forth; near”), Persian فراز (farâz, “upwards; above; before; height; stubborn, obstinate, headstrong”), Northern Kurdish firêz (“elevation”), all of which derive from Proto-Iranian *frāča- (“front; forward”), from *frā-, *fra-. The idea of hurrying is connected with pushing forward. Note how in Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ աճապարեմ (ačaparem, “to hurry”) is glossed with յառաջեմ (yaṙaǰem, literally “to go forward”).

On the other hand, Hovhannisyan derives վռազ (vṙaz) from another group of Iranian words: Middle Persian (wlyc- /⁠wirēz-⁠/), Parthian 𐫇𐫡𐫏𐫟𐫘- (wryxs- /⁠wirēxs-⁠/), Persian گریز (goriz, “to flee, run away”).

Folk etymology derives from Russian враз (vraz, “immediately, at once”), but the geographical and chronological distribution of վռազ (vṙaz) excludes a Russian borrowing.

վռազ • (vṙaz)

1. in a hurry, hastily, quickly

• վռազել (vṙazel), վռազիլ (vṙazil, “to hurry”)

• Armenian: վռազ (vṙaz)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վռազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 348a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վռզող”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 348ab
• Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975), Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 13
• Hovhannisyan, L. Š. (1990) “Ġarabaġi barbaṙum iranakan mi kʻani pʻoxaṙutʻyunneri masin [On some Iranian borrowings in Karabakh dialect]”, in Lraber hasarakakan gitutʻyunneri [Herald of the Social Sciences]‎ (in Armenian), number 11, pages 66–67
• Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “վռազիլ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “վռազ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 702
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “վռազեմ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, pages 702–703
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• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “فراز”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 912