բոզաւագ

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բոզաւագ (bozawag).

Noun

բոզաւագ • (bozawag) (genitive singular բոզաւագի)

1. whoremaster, pimp, procurer
   • 12–13th century, Vardan Aygekcʻi, Žołovacʻoykʻ aṙakacʻ Vardanay [Collections of Fables of Vardan] , (1894 edition, page 15):

     […] այլ եւս առաջնորդք, որ հոգևոր հայր են ժոդովրդեանն և [ոչ] խրատեն զժողովուրդս և զկաշառակերսն և զշահառոյս և զբոզաւագս և զարբեցողս, այլ առնուն կաշառ ի նոցանէ և թողուն զնոսա ի մեղս իւրեանց […]

     […] ayl ews aṙaǰnordkʻ, or hogewor hayr en žodovrdeann ew [očʻ] xraten zžoġovurds ew zkašaṙakersn ew zšahaṙoys ew zbozawags ew zarbecʻoġs, ayl aṙnun kašaṙ i nocʻanē ew tʻoġun znosa i meġs iwreancʻ […]

   • 15th century, Yakob Netrarencʻ, Otanawors Yakob vardapetē asacʻeal... , (Matenadaran manuscript no. 2672, page 369a):

     […] տարեալ Թավրէզ մեծ քաղաքի, վաճառեցին բոզաւագի […]

     […] tareal Tʻavrēz mec kʻaġakʻi, vačaṙecʻin bozawagi […]

     […] having taken to the large city of Tabriz, they sold to a whoremaster […]

Descendants

• (presumably) → Ottoman Turkish: پزونك (pezevenk), پوزونك (püzevenk, pözevenk); [script needed] (bajveng); پژوند (pejvend)
  • Turkish: pezevenk
  • → Albanian: pizaveng
  • → Arabic:
    • Egyptian Arabic: بَزَوَنْك (bazawank, bazawang)
    • North Levantine Arabic: بَزَوَنْك (bezawenk)
    • South Levantine Arabic: بَزَوَنْك (bazawank)
  • → Armenian: փէօզէվէնկ (pʻēōzēvēnk), փէզէվէնկ (pʻēzēvēnk)
  • → Aromanian: pizivengu, pisivengu
  • → Bulgarian: пезеве́нк (pezevénk)
  • → Greek: πεζεβέγκης (pezevégkis)
  • → Hungarian: pezinengh
  • → Ladino: pezevenk
  • → Macedonian: пезевенк (pezevenk)
  • → Romanian: pezevenchi, pezevenc, pezeveng, pezevenghi, pezevenche, pezevenghe, pozovenchi, pozovenchi, pozovenche, vezevenghe
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пезѐвенк, пѐнзевенк

    Latin script: pezèvenk, pènzevenk

References

• Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “բոզաւագ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 122a

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Old Armenian

Etymology

“Head of prostitutes”, from բոզ (boz) +‎ աւագ (awag).

Noun

բոզաւագ • (bozawag)

1. (post-Classical) whoremaster, pimp, procurer

   Synonym: կաւատ (kawat)

   • Yaysmawurkʻ [The Armenian Church Synaxarion] January 3, (1706 edition):

     Եւ տարեալ ՚ի Թաւրէզ քաղաք շահաստան․ վաճառեցին կնոջ միոյ բոզաւագի․ և կինն այն բոզաւագ՝ էր հաւատովն քրիստոնեայ։ Իբրև գիտաց երիցակինն Յուսկայ՝ զբոզաւագն թէ քրիստոնեայ է։

     Ew tareal ’i Tʻawrēz kʻałakʻ šahastan; vačaṙecʻin knoǰ mioy bozawagi; ew kinn ayn bozawag, ēr hawatovn kʻristoneay. Ibrew gitacʻ ericʻakinn Yuskay, zbozawagn tʻē kʻristoneay ē.

     And having taken to the large city of Tabriz, they sold to a certain procuress. And this procuress was a Christian by faith. […]

   • Yovhannēs Kostandnupolsecʿi, ՄՊԽ page 90:http://greenstone.flib.sci.am/gsdl/collect/armenian/Books/xostovanaran_1669_index.html

     Մեղայ աստուածոյ․ զի եղեալ եմ միջնորդ․ և բոզաւագ առ ՚ի ածել զկին․ կամ զտղայ ՚ի մեղսագործութիւն․ և տարեալ եմ ՚ի միոյն առ միւսն զտրակս․ զտոմսիկս․ և զգովասանս սնոտիս։

     Mełay astuacoy; zi ełeal em miǰnord; ew bozawag aṙ ’i acel zkin; kam ztłay ’i mełsagorcutʻiwn; ew tareal em ’i mioyn aṙ miwsn ztraks; ztomsiks; ew zgovasans snotis.

Declension

i-a-type

	singular		plural
nominative	բոզաւագ (bozawag)		բոզաւագք (bozawagkʻ)
genitive	բոզաւագի (bozawagi)		բոզաւագաց (bozawagacʻ)
dative	բոզաւագի (bozawagi)		բոզաւագաց (bozawagacʻ)
accusative	բոզաւագ (bozawag)		բոզաւագս (bozawags)
ablative	բոզաւագէ (bozawagē)		բոզաւագաց (bozawagacʻ)
instrumental	բոզաւագաւ (bozawagaw)		բոզաւագաւք = բոզաւագօք (bozawagawkʻ = bozawagōkʻ)
locative	բոզաւագի (bozawagi)		բոզաւագս (bozawags)

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: բոզաւագ (bozawag)
  • (presumably) → Ottoman Turkish: پزونك (pezevenk), پوزونك (püzevenk, pözevenk); [script needed] (bajveng); پژوند (pejvend)
    • Turkish: pezevenk
    • → Albanian: pizaveng
    • → Arabic:
      • Egyptian Arabic: بَزَوَنْك (bazawank, bazawang)
      • North Levantine Arabic: بَزَوَنْك (bezawenk)
      • South Levantine Arabic: بَزَوَنْك (bazawank)
    • → Armenian: փէօզէվէնկ (pʻēōzēvēnk), փէզէվէնկ (pʻēzēvēnk)
    • → Aromanian: pizivengu, pisivengu
    • → Bulgarian: пезеве́нк (pezevénk)
    • → Greek: πεζεβέγκης (pezevégkis)
    • → Hungarian: pezinengh
    • → Ladino: pezevenk
    • → Macedonian: пезевенк (pezevenk)
    • → Romanian: pezevenchi, pezevenc, pezeveng, pezevenghi, pezevenche, pezevenghe, pozovenchi, pozovenchi, pozovenche, vezevenghe
    • → Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic script: пезѐвенк, пѐнзевенк

      Latin script: pezèvenk, pènzevenk

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բոզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 459a
• Brand, John, Awgerean, Yarutʻiwn (1825) “բոզաւագ”, in Baṙaran hayerēn ew angłiakan [A Dictionary Armenian and English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 128a
• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 29
• J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “բոզաւագ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 526b
• Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “բոզաւագ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 122a
• Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1749) “բոզաւագ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language]‎^[1] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 158a
• Villotte, Jacques (1714) “lena”, in Dictionarium Novum Latino-Armenium [New Latin–Armenian Dictionary]‎^[2], Rome: Typographia Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, page 439a