աւազան
Old Armenian
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing. See Persian آبزن (âbzan, “bath, pool”) for more.
Noun
աւազան • (awazan)
- water tank, pond, pool, bath, basin
- (Christianity) baptismal font
Declension
i-a-type
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | աւազան (awazan) | աւազանք (awazankʿ) | |
genitive | աւազանի (awazani) | աւազանաց (awazanacʿ) | |
dative | աւազանի (awazani) | աւազանաց (awazanacʿ) | |
accusative | աւազան (awazan) | աւազանս (awazans) | |
ablative | աւազանէ (awazanē) | աւազանաց (awazanacʿ) | |
instrumental | աւազանաւ (awazanaw) | աւազանաւք = աւազանօք (awazanawkʿ = awazanōkʿ) | |
locative | աւազանի (awazani) | աւազանս (awazans) |
Derived terms
- աւազանազարդ (awazanazard)
- աւազանածին (awazanacin)
- աւազանապաճոյճ (awazanapačoyč)
- աւազանօրհնէք (awazanōrhnēkʿ)
Descendants
- Middle Armenian: ավզալ (avzal)
- → Armenian: ավազան (avazan) (learned)
- → Aghwan: 𐔰𐕛𐔰𐔵𐔰𐕎 (avazan)
- → Armeno-Kipchak: աւազան (awazan)
- → Old Georgian: ავაზანი (avazani)
- Georgian: ავაზანი (avazani)
- → Turkish: ağzan, avzon, avazan
- Georgian: ავაზანი (avazani)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971) , “աւազան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 352ab
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) , “աւազան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 111–112
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879) , “աւազան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy