նաւազ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Parthian 𐫗𐫀𐫇𐫀𐫉 (nʾwʾz /⁠nāwāz⁠/, “skipper”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *naHuHaȷ́ás.

Noun

նաւազ • (nawaz)

seaman, boatman

Declension

*i-a*-type
	singular	plural
nominative	նաւազ (nawaz)	նաւազք (nawazkʻ)
genitive	նաւազի (nawazi)	նաւազաց (nawazacʻ)
dative	նաւազի (nawazi)	նաւազաց (nawazacʻ)
accusative	նաւազ (nawaz)	նաւազս (nawazs)
ablative	նաւազէ (nawazē)	նաւազաց (nawazacʻ)
instrumental	նաւազաւ (nawazaw)	նաւազաւք = նաւազօք (nawazawkʻ = nawazōkʻ)
locative	նաւազի (nawazi)	նաւազս (nawazs)

erroneous plural nominative նաւազունք (nawazunkʻ) and plural genitive/dative նաւազանց (nawazancʻ) are also attested, as if the word was derived from ազն (azn)

Related terms

նաւ (naw)
ածեմ (acem)

Descendants

→ Armenian: նավազ (navaz) (learned)

References

Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նաւազ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նաւազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎^[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 57
Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 500
Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նաւազ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy