գաւազան

Old Armenian

From Middle Iranian *gāwāzan (“spiked stick used for driving oxen”). Compare Classical Persian (gawāza), (gâwzana), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬰𐬀 (gauuāza, “ox-goad”). See the Persian for more.

գաւազան • (gawazan)

stick for driving animals
cudgel for beating men
blow, beating; punishment
wand; rod; staff
գաւազան իշխանութեան ― gawazan išxanutʻean ― scepter

գաւազան եպիսկոպոսական ― gawazan episkoposakan ― crosier
(figuratively) power, authority
the diocese overseen by a bishop
sprig, shoot, twig (of a tree)
stock, lineage
each color-stripe of the rainbow

*i-a*-type
	singular	plural
nominative	գաւազան (gawazan)	գաւազանք (gawazankʻ)
genitive	գաւազանի (gawazani)	գաւազանաց (gawazanacʻ)
dative	գաւազանի (gawazani)	գաւազանաց (gawazanacʻ)
accusative	գաւազան (gawazan)	գաւազանս (gawazans)
ablative	գաւազանէ (gawazanē)	գաւազանաց (gawazanacʻ)
instrumental	գաւազանաւ (gawazanaw)	գաւազանաւք = գաւազանօք (gawazanawkʻ = gawazanōkʻ)
locative	գաւազանի (gawazani)	գաւազանս (gawazans)

Armenian: գավազան (gavazan)
- → Udi: [script needed] (käväzän, “(ecclesiastical) wand, staff”)
- Kurdish:
  → Northern Kurdish: kevezan

Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գաւազան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գաւազան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաւազան”, 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 525–526