աւազան

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. See Persian آبزن‎ (âbzan, “bath, pool”) for more.

Noun

աւազան • (awazan)

  1. water tank, pond, pool, bath, basin
  2. (Christianity) baptismal font

Declension
i-a-type
singular plural
nominative աւազան (awazan) աւազանք (awazankʿ)
genitive աւազանի (awazani) աւազանաց (awazanacʿ)
dative աւազանի (awazani) աւազանաց (awazanacʿ)
accusative աւազան (awazan) աւազանս (awazans)
ablative աւազանէ (awazanē) աւազանաց (awazanacʿ)
instrumental աւազանաւ (awazanaw) աւազանաւք = աւազանօք (awazanawkʿ = awazanōkʿ)
locative աւազանի (awazani) աւազանս (awazans)

Derived terms
  • աւազանազարդ (awazanazard)
  • աւազանածին (awazanacin)
  • աւազանապաճոյճ (awazanapačoyč)
  • աւազանօրհնէք (awazanōrhnēkʿ)

Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: ավզալ (avzal)
  • → Armenian: ավազան (avazan) (learned)
  • → Aghwan: 𐔰𐕛𐔰𐔵𐔰𐕎 (avazan)
  • → Armeno-Kipchak: աւազան (awazan)
  • → Old Georgian: ავაზანი (avazani)

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “աւազան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 352ab
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աւազան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 111–112
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “աւազան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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