վզուրկ
Old Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An Iranian borrowing; compare Parthian 𐫇𐫉𐫡𐫃 (wzrg), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wc(w)lg /wuzurg/), Old Persian 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 (v-z-r-k /vazạrka/, “big, great”). Ultimately, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ras.
Adjective
[edit]վզուրկ • (vzurk)
Derived terms
[edit]- վզուրկ հրամանատար (vzurk hramanatar)
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վզուրկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 334
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վզուրկ”, 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 246
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վզուրկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy