“Head of prostitutes”, from բոզ (boz) + աւագ (awag). բոզաւագ • (bozawag) whoremaster, pimp, procurer 12–13th century, Vardan Aygekcʻi, Žołovacʻoykʻ aṙakacʻ...
բոզաւագ (bozawag) — traditional orthography Learned borrowing from Middle Armenian բոզաւագ (bozawag). The sense "worthless person" is a semantic loan from...
աւագ • (awag) greater; elder; chief; main; noble աւագպարոն (awagparon) բոզաւագ (bozawag) The origin is uncertain. Olsen derives from Iranian *ā-βaγa-...
churl, berk, lout”). The oft-repeated etymology from Middle Armenian բոզաւագ (bozawag, “whoremaster”) is incorrect, as the Armenian term is a barely-attested...
whore, prostitute բոզանալ (bozanal) բոզապերճ (bozaperč) բոզատուն (bozatun) բոզաւագ (bozawag) բոզնալ (boznal) բոզտուն (boztun) բոզրած (bozrac) բոզրածութիւն...