բազէ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- բազայ (bazay)
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian bʾc (bāz, “hawk, falcon”), Persian باز (bâz, “hawk, falcon”). For the post-classical form բազայ (bazay) compare Persian بازه (bāza, “type of a hawk”).
Noun
բազէ • (bazē)
- hawk
- falcon
Declension
i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | բազէ (bazē) | բազէք (bazēkʿ) | |
| genitive | բազէի (bazēi) | բազէից (bazēicʿ) | |
| dative | բազէի (bazēi) | բազէից (bazēicʿ) | |
| accusative | բազէ (bazē) | բազէս (bazēs) | |
| ablative | բազէէ (bazēē) | բազէից (bazēicʿ) | |
| instrumental | բազէիւ (bazēiw) | բազէիւք (bazēiwkʿ) | |
| locative | բազէի (bazēi) | բազէս (bazēs) |
Derived terms
- բազէակալ (bazēakal)
- բազէակիր (bazēakir)
- բազէկիր (bazēkir)
- բազապան (bazapan)
Descendants
- Armenian: բազե (baze)
See also
- շահէն (šahēn)
- ճուռակ (čuṙak)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բազայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բազէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press