ազգ
Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian ազգ (azg).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ɑzɡ]
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Noun
ազգ • (azg)
- nation, people
- Միավորված ազգերի կազմակերպություն ― Miavorvac azgeri kazmakerputʿyun ― United Nations
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Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ազգ (azg) | ազգեր (azger) | ||
| dative | ազգի (azgi) | ազգերի (azgeri) | ||
| ablative | ազգից (azgicʿ) | ազգերից (azgericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | ազգով (azgov) | ազգերով (azgerov) | ||
| locative | ազգում (azgum) | ազգերում (azgerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | ազգը/ազգն (azgə/azgn) | ազգերը/ազգերն (azgerə/azgern) | ||
| dative | ազգին (azgin) | ազգերին (azgerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | ազգս (azgs) | ազգերս (azgers) | ||
| dative | ազգիս (azgis) | ազգերիս (azgeris) | ||
| ablative | ազգիցս (azgicʿs) | ազգերիցս (azgericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | ազգովս (azgovs) | ազգերովս (azgerovs) | ||
| locative | ազգումս (azgums) | ազգերումս (azgerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | ազգդ (azgd) | ազգերդ (azgerd) | ||
| dative | ազգիդ (azgid) | ազգերիդ (azgerid) | ||
| ablative | ազգիցդ (azgicʿd) | ազգերիցդ (azgericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | ազգովդ (azgovd) | ազգերովդ (azgerovd) | ||
| locative | ազգումդ (azgumd) | ազգերումդ (azgerumd) | ||
Old Armenian
Etymology
Since Patrubány considered an Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian ʾzg (azg, “branch”), Persian ازغ (âzğ, “a thing lopped (as vine-prunings); slip, cutting, scion”), ازخ (âzax, “twig, vine”). The Iranian words have been compared to Ancient Greek ὄσχος (óskhos), ὄσχη (óskhē), ὤσχη (ṓskhē, “vine twig”), and derived from Proto-Indo-European.
Noun
ազգ • (azg)
- nation, people
- ազգ հայոց ― azg hayocʿ ― the Armenian nation
- ազգք և ազինք ― azgkʿ ew azinkʿ ― all nations, all people
- անգլիացի յազգէ ― angliacʿi yazgē ― of the English nation, English
- ամերիկացի եմ ազգաւ ― amerikacʿi em azgaw ― I am American by birth
- գիրք ազգաց ― girkʿ azgacʿ ― Book of Judges
- ազգով ― azgov ― with all the nations
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- generation, race, tribe
- յազգէ յազգ ― yazgē yazg ― from age to age, from generation to generation
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- kind, sort
- ազգ կանանց ― azg kanancʿ ― the female sex, the fair sex, the womankind
- ազգ մարդկան ― azg mardkan ― the humankind, humanity
- ազգք ազգք բանասիրութեան ― azgkʿ azgkʿ banasirutʿean ― the different kinds of literature
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- manner, way
- մի ազգ ― mi azg ― the same, the same manner, equally
- ազգ ազգ ― azg azg ― various, different, manifold
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Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ազգ (azg) | ազգք (azgkʿ) | |
| genitive | ազգի (azgi) | ազգաց (azgacʿ) | |
| dative | ազգի (azgi) | ազգաց (azgacʿ) | |
| accusative | ազգ (azg) | ազգս (azgs) | |
| ablative | ազգէ (azgē) | ազգաց (azgacʿ) | |
| instrumental | ազգաւ (azgaw) | ազգաւք = ազգօք (azgawkʿ = azgōkʿ) | |
| locative | ազգի (azgi) | ազգս (azgs) |
Derived terms
Terms derived from ազգ (azg)
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Descendants
- Armenian: ազգ (azg)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “ազգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 84—85
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “ազգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 6–7
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 16
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 862
- Patrubány, Lukas v. (1902/1903), “Idg. *e/ozg¹h im Armenischen”, in Indogermanische Forschungen (in German), volume 13, pages 124–125
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ազգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 2–3
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 786
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