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յազեմ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An Northwestern Iranian borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyáȷ́ati (to worship, sacrifice). Doublet of յաշտ (yašt).

Verb

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յազեմ (yazem)

  1. (transitive) to immolate, offer up, sacrifice to idols

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: հազել (hazel)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “յազեմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յազեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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, page 197
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յազեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy