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 (âvâze, “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 cʻanel ― to gravel

   խրել յաւազի ― xrel yawazi ― to run upon a sand, to stick fast in the sand

   շփել աւազով ― špʻel awazov ― to scour with sand

   տեղի, փոս աւազոյ ― tełi, pʻos awazoy ― sand-pit

   ժամացոյց յաւազոյ ― žamacʻoycʻ yawazoy ― hour-glass

   աւազք ― awazkʻ ― sand-banks, quick-sands, downs; sand-pit

   խրել յաւազս ― xrel yawazs ― to run upon a sand

2. (by extension) dust

Declension

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	singular		plural
nominative	աւազ (awaz)		աւազք (awazkʻ)
genitive	աւազոյ (awazoy)		աւազոց (awazocʻ)
dative	աւազոյ (awazoy)		աւազոց (awazocʻ)
accusative	աւազ (awaz)		աւազս (awazs)
ablative	աւազոյ (awazoy)		աւազոց (awazocʻ)
instrumental	աւազով (awazov)		աւազովք (awazovkʻ)
locative	աւազ (awaz)		աւազս (awazs)
an i-a-type instrumental singular աւազաւ (awazaw) is attested post-classically

o-type

Derived terms

• աւազաբար (awazabar)
• աւազալից (awazalicʻ)
• աւազախիր (awazaxir)
• աւազածին (awazacin)
• աւազածիր (awazacir)
• աւազակապ (awazakap)
• աւազահիմն (awazahimn)
• աւազամած (awazamac)
• աւազանման (awazanman)
• աւազաշէն (awazašēn)
• աւազատիպ (awazatip)
• աւազափուլ (awazapʻul)
• աւազաքատակ (awazakʻatak)
• աւազեղէն (awazełēn)
• աւազեմ (awazem)
• աւազի (awazi)
• աւազին (awazin)
• աւազուտ (awazut)
• ընդաւազեմ (əndawazem)
• նաւազեմ (nawazem)

 

Descendants

• Armenian: ավազ (avaz)

References

1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աւազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume 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 and Boston: Brill, page 149

Further reading

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աւազ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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, Matatʻeay (1879) “աւազ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy