ղազ
Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Armenian ղազ (łaz), from Ottoman Turkish قاز (qaz, “goose”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ʁɑz]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ʁɑz]
Noun
ղազ • (łaz) (dialectal)
- goose
- Synonym: սագ (sag)
- ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 38:[1]
- ղազ․ օքայ
- łaz; ōkʿay
- ղազ (łaz) = oca
- ղազ․ օքայ
- (figuratively, offensive) chump, loser
Declension
i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ղազ (łaz) | ղազեր (łazer) | ||
| dative | ղազի (łazi) | ղազերի (łazeri) | ||
| ablative | ղազից (łazicʿ) | ղազերից (łazericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | ղազով (łazov) | ղազերով (łazerov) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | ղազը/ղազն (łazə/łazn) | ղազերը/ղազերն (łazerə/łazern) | ||
| dative | ղազին (łazin) | ղազերին (łazerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | ղազս (łazs) | ղազերս (łazers) | ||
| dative | ղազիս (łazis) | ղազերիս (łazeris) | ||
| ablative | ղազիցս (łazicʿs) | ղազերիցս (łazericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | ղազովս (łazovs) | ղազերովս (łazerovs) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | ղազդ (łazd) | ղազերդ (łazerd) | ||
| dative | ղազիդ (łazid) | ղազերիդ (łazerid) | ||
| ablative | ղազիցդ (łazicʿd) | ղազերիցդ (łazericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | ղազովդ (łazovd) | ղազերովդ (łazerovd) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
Alternative forms
- խազ (xaz), կազ (kaz)
Derived terms
- ղազագիր (łazagir)
References
- Orengo, Alessandro (2019), “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 232
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), “խազ”, 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