վռազ
Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Armenian վռազ (vṙaz).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [vəˈrɑz]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [vəˈɾɑz]
Adverb
վռազ • (vṙaz)
- (dialectal) in a hurry, hastily, quickly
- Synonyms: շուտ (šut), արագ (arag), շտապ (štap)
- վռազ արի՛ ― vṙaz arí ― come quickly!
- (dialectal) immediately
- Synonyms: անմիջապես (anmiǰapes), իսկույն (iskuyn)
- վռազ համաձայնվեց ― vṙaz hamajaynvecʿ ― he agreed immediately
Adjective
վռազ • (vṙaz) (superlative ամենավռազ)
- (dialectal) urgent, pressing
- Synonym: շտապ (štap)
- վռազ գործ ունեմ ― vṙaz gorc unem ― I have a pressing matter
- (dialectal) in a hurry
- վռազ եմ, հիմա չեմ կարա խոսամ ― vṙaz em, hima čʿem kara xosam ― I'm in a hurry, can't talk right now
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | վռազ (vṙaz) | վռազներ (vṙazner) | ||
| dative | վռազի (vṙazi) | վռազների (vṙazneri) | ||
| ablative | վռազից (vṙazicʿ) | վռազներից (vṙaznericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | վռազով (vṙazov) | վռազներով (vṙaznerov) | ||
| locative | վռազում (vṙazum) | վռազներում (vṙaznerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | վռազը/վռազն (vṙazə/vṙazn) | վռազները/վռազներն (vṙaznerə/vṙaznern) | ||
| dative | վռազին (vṙazin) | վռազներին (vṙaznerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | վռազս (vṙazs) | վռազներս (vṙazners) | ||
| dative | վռազիս (vṙazis) | վռազներիս (vṙazneris) | ||
| ablative | վռազիցս (vṙazicʿs) | վռազներիցս (vṙaznericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | վռազովս (vṙazovs) | վռազներովս (vṙaznerovs) | ||
| locative | վռազումս (vṙazums) | վռազներումս (vṙaznerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | վռազդ (vṙazd) | վռազներդ (vṙaznerd) | ||
| dative | վռազիդ (vṙazid) | վռազներիդ (vṙaznerid) | ||
| ablative | վռազիցդ (vṙazicʿd) | վռազներիցդ (vṙaznericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | վռազովդ (vṙazovd) | վռազներովդ (vṙaznerovd) | ||
| locative | վռազումդ (vṙazumd) | վռազներումդ (vṙaznerumd) | ||
Derived terms
- վռազացնել (vṙazacʿnel)
- վռազկոտ (vṙazkot)
- վռազնալ (vṙaznal)
Related terms
- վռազել (vṙazel)
Middle Armenian
Etymology
Probably connected with Middle Armenian վռզ-քիթ (vṙz-kʿitʿ, “prominent nose”) and Old Armenian վռզ-ող (vṙz-oł, “obstinate”) and borrowed from Iranian: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (prʾc), 𐫜𐫡𐫀𐫝 (frʾc /frāz/, “forward, prominent, distinguished; forward, forth; near”), Parthian 𐫜𐫡𐫀𐫝 (frʾc /frāž/, “forward, forth; near”), Persian فراز (farâz, “upwards; above; before; height; stubborn, obstinate, headstrong”), Northern Kurdish firêz (“elevation”), all of which derive from Proto-Iranian *frāča- (“front; forward”), from *frā-, *fra-. The idea of hurrying is connected with pushing forward. Note how in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ աճապարեմ (ačaparem, “to hurry”) is glossed with յառաջեմ (yaṙaǰem, literally “to go forward”).
On the other hand, Hovhannisyan derives վռազ (vṙaz) from another group of Iranian words: Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wlyc- /wirēz-/), Parthian 𐫇𐫡𐫏𐫟𐫘- (wryxs- /wirēxs-/), Persian گریز (goriz, “to flee, run away”).
Folk etymology derives from Russian враз (vraz, “immediately, at once”), but the geographical and chronological distribution of վռազ (vṙaz) excludes a Russian borrowing.
Adverb
վռազ • (vṙaz)
- in a hurry, hastily, quickly
Derived terms
- վռազել (vṙazel), վռազիլ (vṙazil, “to hurry”)
Descendants
- Armenian: վռազ (vṙaz)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “վռազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 348a
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “վռզող”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 348ab
- Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975) Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 13
- Hovhannisyan, L. Š. (1990), “Łarabałi barbaṙum iranakan mi kʿani pʿoxaṙutʿyunneri masin [On some Iranian borrowings in Karabakh dialect]”, in Lraber hasarakakan gitutʿyunneri [Herald of the Social Sciences] (in Armenian), issue 11, pages 66–67
- Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “վռազիլ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (2000), “վռազ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʿ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʿeancʿ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʿ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 702
- Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (2000), “վռազեմ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʿ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʿeancʿ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʿ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, pages 702–703
- Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 56–57
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “فراز”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 912