ղազ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ղազ (ġaz), from Ottoman Turkish قاز (qaz, “goose”).

Pronunciation

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• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ʁɑz]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ʁɑz]

Noun

ղազ • (ġaz) (dialectal)

1. goose

   Synonym: սագ (sag)

   • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 38:

     ղազ․ օքայ

     ġaz; ōkʿay

     ղազ (ġaz) = oca

2. (figuratively, offensive) chump, loser

Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular	plural
nominative	ղազ (ġaz)	ղազեր (ġazer)
dative	ղազի (ġazi)	ղազերի (ġazeri)
ablative	ղազից (ġazicʿ)	ղազերից (ġazericʿ)
instrumental	ղազով (ġazov)	ղազերով (ġazerov)
locative	—	—
	definite forms
nominative	ղազը/ղազն (ġazə/ġazn)	ղազերը/ղազերն (ġazerə/ġazern)
dative	ղազին (ġazin)	ղազերին (ġazerin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	ղազս (ġazs)	ղազերս (ġazers)
dative	ղազիս (ġazis)	ղազերիս (ġazeris)
ablative	ղազիցս (ġazicʿs)	ղազերիցս (ġazericʿs)
instrumental	ղազովս (ġazovs)	ղազերովս (ġazerovs)
locative	—	—
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	ղազդ (ġazd)	ղազերդ (ġazerd)
dative	ղազիդ (ġazid)	ղազերիդ (ġazerid)
ablative	ղազիցդ (ġazicʿd)	ղազերիցդ (ġazericʿd)
instrumental	ղազովդ (ġazovd)	ղազերովդ (ġazerovd)
locative	—	—

Alternative forms

• խազ (xaz), կազ (kaz)

Derived terms

• ղազագիր (ġazagir)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), “խազ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages