գազան

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian գազան (gazan).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

գազան (gazan)

  1. wild beast
  2. (figuratively) brute, cruel man

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Adjective[edit]

գազան (gazan) (superlative ամենագազան)

  1. brutal, bestial; atrocious, savage
  2. (slang) excellent, very good, cool

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gzytn' /⁠gazīdan⁠/), Persian گزیدن (gazidan, to bite, sting), گزان (gazân, biting).[1][2][3][4]

Noun[edit]

գազան (gazan)

  1. wild predatory beast
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).2.1:[5]
      Սկսցուք ասել վասն առիւծուն, որ թագաւոր է ամենայն գազանաց կամ թէ ամենայն իսկ անասնոց։
      Skscʻukʻ asel vasn aṙiwcun, or tʻagawor ē amenayn gazanacʻ kam tʻē amenayn isk anasnocʻ.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        Let us begin to speak of the lion, the king of all the beasts or all the animals.
  2. elephant
  3. serpent; dragon
  4. (figuratively) brutal, beastly man

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Adjective[edit]

գազան (gazan)

  1. strong (of brine, vinegar)

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: գազան (gazan)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Patkanean, Kʻerovbē (1880) “Tʻē inčʻ teġ ē bṙnum hayerēn lezun hndka-ewropakan lezuneri šrǰanum [About the Place of Armenian Among Indo-European Languages]”, in Pʻorj[1] (in Armenian), volume III, Tiflis, page 84
  2. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1905) “Zur armenischen Sprachgeschichte”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen[2] (in German), volume 38, number 2, page 198
  3. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1970) “A Range of Iranica”, in Mary Boyce, Ilya Gershevitch, editors, W.B. Henning memorial volume[3], London: Lund Humphries, page 27
  4. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 293
  5. ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎[4], Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 87, 141

Further reading[edit]

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