ազաբ

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Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Armenian ազապ (azap), ultimately from Arabic عَزَب (ʕazab, celibate, single, unmarried).

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ազաբ (azab) (dialectal)

  1. unmarried, single
    Synonym: ամուրի (amuri)

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Noun[edit]

ազաբ (azab) (dialectal)

  1. unmarried young man or woman
  2. (dated) servant
  3. unmarried young man who accompanies the groom during a wedding, best man
    Synonym: ազապբաշի (azapbaši)

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References[edit]

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “ազաբ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 4b