բազմակ
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Parthian *bazmak, attested as Manichaean Parthian bzmg (*bazmag, “lamp”), from Iranian *ba(r)zm(ak), from Old Iranian *br̥z-ma(-ka), from *br̥z-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥ǵ-, a by-form of *bʰl̥g-; cognate with Latin fulgeo, Ancient Greek φλέγω (phlégō), Latvian blāzma. Classical Syriac ܡܙܡܟܐ (mazm(ə)ḵā(ʾ), “lamp”) is also from Iranian.
Noun
բազմակ • (bazmak)
- lamp; light; candle
- candlestick
Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | բազմակ (bazmak) | բազմակք (bazmakkʿ) | |
| genitive | բազմակի (bazmaki) | բազմակաց (bazmakacʿ) | |
| dative | բազմակի (bazmaki) | բազմակաց (bazmakacʿ) | |
| accusative | բազմակ (bazmak) | բազմակս (bazmaks) | |
| ablative | բազմակէ (bazmakē) | բազմակաց (bazmakacʿ) | |
| instrumental | բազմակաւ (bazmakaw) | բազմակաւք = բազմակօք (bazmakawkʿ = bazmakōkʿ) | |
| locative | բազմակի (bazmaki) | բազմակս (bazmaks) |
Derived terms
- բազմակալ (bazmakal)
- բազմակակալ (bazmakakal)
Descendants
- Georgian: ბაზმაკი (bazmaḳi)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բազմակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “բազմակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բազմակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 28