ախորժ

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ախորժ (axorž).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɑˈχɔɾʒ]

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Adjective

ախորժ • (axorž) (superlative ամենաախորժ)

1. (rare) pleasant, agreeable

Further reading

• “ախորժ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Etymology

From an Iranian word of the form *ā-xwarž-, composed of the prefix *ā- and a cognate of Ossetian хорз (xorz) / хуарз (xwarz, “good”), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwʾlyst' /xwālist/, “sweetest”), Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀-‎‎ (xᵛarəzišta-‎, “sweetest”).

Adjective

ախորժ • (axorž) indeclinable

1. pleasant, agreeable

   ախորժ բանք ― axorž bankʿ ― agreeable words

   ախորժ վայրք ― axorž vayrkʿ ― enchanting places

   ախորժ յօժարութեամբ ― axorž yōžarutʿeamb ― with great pleasure, willingly

Further reading

• Abajev, V. I. (1989) Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, pages 218–219
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “ախորժ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 99b
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “ախորժ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 15c
• Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 504b
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “ախորժ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 28a
• Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), “ախորժ”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 18b
• 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
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ախորժ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 5b
• Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 418