աւազ

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Has been compared to Latin sabulum (“gravel, sand”), Ancient Greek ψάμμος (psámmos), ἄμαθος (ámathos, “sand”) and Proto-Germanic *samdaz and derived from Proto-Indo-European *sabʰ-.[1][2]

Martirosyan proposes borrowing from Iranian; compare Sogdian 𐼰𐼰𐼴𐼵𐼷𐼷‎ (ʾʾwzyy /*ōwazē/), [script needed] (ʾʾwzʾk /āwaze, āwāz/, “lake, pond”), Persian آوازه‎ (āwāze, “swamp; pool”), Old Armenian աւազան (awazan, “pool; receptacle, washing tub, watering trough, cauldron, laver, bath”) (from Iranian), with a semantic shift “swamp” → “silt” → “sand”.[3]

Compare also Mazanderani وازیک‎ (vâzik, “sand”).

Noun

աւազ • (awaz)

  1. sand, gravel
    աւազ ցանել ― awaz cʿanel ― to gravel
    խրել յաւազի ― xrel yawazi ― to run upon a sand, to stick fast in the sand
    շփել աւազով ― špʿel awazov ― to scour with sand
    տեղի, փոս աւազոյ ― tełi, pʿos awazoy ― sand-pit
    ժամացոյց յաւազոյ ― žamacʿoycʿ yawazoy ― hour-glass
    աւազք ― awazkʿ ― sand-banks, quick-sands, downs; sand-pit
    խրել յաւազս ― xrel yawazs ― to run upon a sand
  2. (by extension) dust

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աւազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ↑ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “awaz”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 149

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աւազ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979), “hāysiñä”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, pages 478–479
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աւազ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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