աւազ
Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain.
Has been compared to Latin sabulum (“gravel, sand”), Ancient Greek ψάμμος (psámmos), ἄμαθος (ámathos, “sand”) and Proto-Germanic *samdaz and derived from Proto-Indo-European *sabʰ-.[1][2]
Martirosyan proposes borrowing from Iranian; compare Sogdian 𐼰𐼰𐼴𐼵𐼷𐼷 (ʾʾwzyy /*ōwazē/), [script needed] (ʾʾwzʾk /āwaze, āwāz/, “lake, pond”), Persian آوازه (āwāze, “swamp; pool”), Old Armenian աւազան (awazan, “pool; receptacle, washing tub, watering trough, cauldron, laver, bath”) (from Iranian), with a semantic shift “swamp” → “silt” → “sand”.[3]
Compare also Mazanderani وازیک (vâzik, “sand”).
Noun
աւազ • (awaz)
- sand, gravel
- աւազ ցանել ― awaz cʿanel ― to gravel
- խրել յաւազի ― xrel yawazi ― to run upon a sand, to stick fast in the sand
- շփել աւազով ― špʿel awazov ― to scour with sand
- տեղի, փոս աւազոյ ― tełi, pʿos awazoy ― sand-pit
- ժամացոյց յաւազոյ ― žamacʿoycʿ yawazoy ― hour-glass
- աւազք ― awazkʿ ― sand-banks, quick-sands, downs; sand-pit
- խրել յաւազս ― xrel yawazs ― to run upon a sand
- (by extension) dust
Declension
o-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | աւազ (awaz) | աւազք (awazkʿ) | |
| genitive | աւազոյ (awazoy) | աւազոց (awazocʿ) | |
| dative | աւազոյ (awazoy) | աւազոց (awazocʿ) | |
| accusative | աւազ (awaz) | աւազս (awazs) | |
| ablative | աւազոյ (awazoy) | աւազոց (awazocʿ) | |
| instrumental | աւազով (awazov) | աւազովք (awazovkʿ) | |
| locative | աւազ (awaz) | աւազս (awazs) | |
| an i-a-type instrumental singular աւազաւ (awazaw) is attested post-classically | |||
Derived terms
- աւազաբար (awazabar)
- աւազալից (awazalicʿ)
- աւազախիր (awazaxir)
- աւազածին (awazacin)
- աւազածիր (awazacir)
- աւազակապ (awazakap)
- աւազահիմն (awazahimn)
- աւազամած (awazamac)
- աւազանման (awazanman)
- աւազաշէն (awazašēn)
- աւազատիպ (awazatip)
- աւազափուլ (awazapʿul)
- աւազաքատակ (awazakʿatak)
- աւազեղէն (awazełēn)
- աւազեմ (awazem)
- աւազի (awazi)
- աւազին (awazin)
- աւազուտ (awazut)
- ընդաւազեմ (əndawazem)
- նաւազեմ (nawazem)
Descendants
- Armenian: ավազ (avaz)
References
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աւազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “awaz”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 149
Further reading
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աւազ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Bailey, H. W. (1979), “hāysiñä”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, pages 478–479
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աւազ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy