դատախազ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian դատախազ (dataxaz).

Pronunciation

Noun

դատախազ (dataxaz)

  1. prosecutor

Declension

Derived terms


Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowing from an Iranian word literally meaning "seeking, desiring justice"; compare Persian دادخواه (dâdxvâh, complainant, plaintiff). For the constituents see դատ (dat, justice) and *խազ- (*xaz-, to seek, desire).[1][2][3]

Noun

դատախազ (dataxaz)

  1. accuser, adversary
    դատախազ լինել, դատախազ դնել ընդdataxaz linel, dataxaz dnel əndto accuse, to denounce; to oppose

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: դատախազ (dataxaz)

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դատախազ”, 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, pages 629–630
  2. ^ 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 876
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “դատախազ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 186b

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