բազազ
Armenian
Alternative forms
- պեզազ (pezaz), բա̈զա̈զ (bäzäz)
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بزاز (bezzaz), from Arabic بَزَّاز (bazzāz, “draper, cloth merchant”).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [bɑˈzɑz]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [pʰɑˈzɑz]
Audio (Eastern Armenian) (file)
Noun
բազազ • (bazaz)
- (archaic, dialectal) dealer in textile fabrics, draper
Declension
i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | բազազ (bazaz) | բազազներ (bazazner) | ||
| dative | բազազի (bazazi) | բազազների (bazazneri) | ||
| ablative | բազազից (bazazicʿ) | բազազներից (bazaznericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | բազազով (bazazov) | բազազներով (bazaznerov) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | բազազը/բազազն (bazazə/bazazn) | բազազները/բազազներն (bazaznerə/bazaznern) | ||
| dative | բազազին (bazazin) | բազազներին (bazaznerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | բազազս (bazazs) | բազազներս (bazazners) | ||
| dative | բազազիս (bazazis) | բազազներիս (bazazneris) | ||
| ablative | բազազիցս (bazazicʿs) | բազազներիցս (bazaznericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | բազազովս (bazazovs) | բազազներովս (bazaznerovs) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | բազազդ (bazazd) | բազազներդ (bazaznerd) | ||
| dative | բազազիդ (bazazid) | բազազներիդ (bazaznerid) | ||
| ablative | բազազիցդ (bazazicʿd) | բազազներիցդ (bazaznericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | բազազովդ (bazazovd) | բազազներովդ (bazaznerovd) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), “պէզազ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages