աւազակ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Certainly a Middle Iranian borrowing, but the underlying formation is uncertain. Asatrian explains it as *āwā̆zāk (“carrying away”), an agent noun from the preverb *aH- + *waȷ́ʰ- (“to carry”). For the suffix see -ակ (-ak).

Also from Middle Iranian: Old Georgian ავაზაკი (avazaḳi), Aghwan 𐔰𐔱𐔰𐔵𐔰𐕄 (abazaḳ).

Noun

աւազակ • (awazak)

thief, robber, rifler
assassin, brigand, highwayman

Declension

*i-a*-type
	singular	plural
nominative	աւազակ (awazak)	աւազակք (awazakkʻ)
genitive	աւազակի (awazaki)	աւազակաց (awazakacʻ)
dative	աւազակի (awazaki)	աւազակաց (awazakacʻ)
accusative	աւազակ (awazak)	աւազակս (awazaks)
ablative	աւազակէ (awazakē)	աւազակաց (awazakacʻ)
instrumental	աւազակաւ (awazakaw)	աւազակաւք = աւազակօք (awazakawkʻ = awazakōkʻ)
locative	աւազակի (awazaki)	աւազակս (awazaks)

Derived terms

աւազակաբար (awazakabar)
աւազակաբարոյ (awazakabaroy)
աւազակախողխող (awazakaxołxoł)
աւազակակից (awazakakicʻ)
աւազակակուր (awazakakur)
աւազականոց (awazakanocʻ)
աւազակապետ (awazakapet)
աւազակապէս (awazakapēs)
աւազակարան (awazakaran)
աւազակեմ (awazakem)
աւազակութիւն (awazakutʻiwn)
աւազակուռ (awazakuṙ)
աւազակուտ (awazakut)
աւազակօրէն (awazakōrēn)

Descendants

Armenian: ավազակ (avazak)

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աւազակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 351–352
Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, pages 217–218
Asatrjan, G. S. (1989) Отглагольные имена в среднеперсидском и парфянском [Verbal substantives in Middle Persian and Parthian]‎^[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 11
Асатрян, Г. С. (2013) “Парфянское gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in С. Р. Тохтасьев, П. Б. Лурье, editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Сборник статей к 90-летию Владимира Ароновича Лившица‎^[2] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya, →ISBN, page 103 of 102–105
Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աւազակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աւազակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Tērvišean, Serovbē (1885) Hndewropakan naxalezu [The Proto-Indo-European Language] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Nšan K. Pērpērean, page 106

Hovhannisyan, L. Š. (2005) Hay-iranakan nor stugabanutʻyunner [New Armenian–Iranian Etymologies]‎^[3] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Van Aryan, →ISBN, page 14, derives from the Iranian family of Persian (âvâz, “voice, sound”), explaining as "screaming, making threatening, harsh sounds"
Marr, N. (1913) “Из лингвистической поездки в Абхазию. (К этнологическим вопросам)”, in Известия Императорской Академии Наук‎^[4] (in Russian), volume 16, Saint Petersburg, page 330 of 303—334, derives from the ethnonym Abasgoi
Müller, Friedrich (1892) “Pahlawi und armenische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 6, page 265, derives from the Iranian family of Persian (beze)