վարզ
Old Armenian
Etymology
From earlier *վազր (*vazr) (compare վազրաւոր (vazrawor, “soldier carrying a mace”)), borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian wzl (wazr, “mace”), which is related to Modern Persian گرز (gurz, “club, mace”). See also վաղր (vałr).
Noun
վարզ • (varz)
Declension
i-type
Synonyms
- լախտ (laxt)
Derived terms
- վազրաւոր (vazrawor)
References
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վարզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վարզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press