ղազ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ղազ (ġaz), from Ottoman Turkish قاز (qaz, “goose”).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ʁɑz/, [ʁɑz]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ʁɑz/, [ʁɑz]

• Audio (Eastern Armenian):

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Noun

ղազ • (ġaz) (dialectal)

1. goose

   Synonym: սագ (sag)

   • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 38:

     ղազ․ օքայ

     ġaz; ōkʻay

     ղազ (ġaz) = oca

2. (figuratively, offensive) chump, loser

Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular	plural
nominative	ղազ (ġaz)	ղազեր (ġazer)
dative	ղազի (ġazi)	ղազերի (ġazeri)
ablative	ղազից (ġazicʻ)	ղազերից (ġazericʻ)
instrumental	ղազով (ġazov)	ղազերով (ġazerov)
locative	—	—
	definite forms
nominative	ղազը/ղազն (ġazə/ġazn)	ղազերը/ղազերն (ġazerə/ġazern)
dative	ղազին (ġazin)	ղազերին (ġazerin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	ղազս (ġazs)	ղազերս (ġazers)
dative	ղազիս (ġazis)	ղազերիս (ġazeris)
ablative	ղազիցս (ġazicʻs)	ղազերիցս (ġazericʻs)
instrumental	ղազովս (ġazovs)	ղազերովս (ġazerovs)
locative	—	—
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	ղազդ (ġazd)	ղազերդ (ġazerd)
dative	ղազիդ (ġazid)	ղազերիդ (ġazerid)
ablative	ղազիցդ (ġazicʻd)	ղազերիցդ (ġazericʻd)
instrumental	ղազովդ (ġazovd)	ղազերովդ (ġazerovd)
locative	—	—

Alternative forms

• խազ (xaz), կազ (kaz)

Derived terms

• ղազագիր (ġazagir)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “խազ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages