Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ազդ (azd).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ազդ (azd)

  1. announcement, advertisement

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾzd /⁠azd⁠/, known), Parthian: 𐫀𐫉𐫅 (ʾzd /⁠azd⁠/, known, public). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *adᶻdʰáH.

Some of the derived terms are spelled with աստ- (ast-). This may be an alternative form of ազդ (azd) (compare ազդր (azdr) ~ աստր (astr)) or an unrelated root inherited from the Indo-European source of հաստ (hast). In compounds spelled with an -ս- (-s-), the root has the meaning "firm, strong", supposedly from "influential".

Noun edit

ազդ (azd) indeclinable

  1. information
    Synonyms: լուր (lur), տեղեկութիւն (tełekutʻiwn)
    ազդ առնեմazd aṙnemto announce, tell
    ազդ լինիմazd linimto be aware of, be informed of; to be announced or published
  2. influence, effect
    Synonyms: ազդումն (azdumn), ազդեցութիւն (azdecʻutʻiwn)

Usage notes edit

The word was indeclinable and mainly used in the idioms ազդ առնեմ (azd aṙnem), ազդ լինիմ (azd linim), which are probably Iranian calques.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ազդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ազդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006) “ազդ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ազդ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  • 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 862
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ազդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy