աւազան

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. See Persian آبزن (âbzan, “bath, pool”) for more.

Noun

աւազան • (awazan)

1. water tank, pond, pool, bath, basin
2. (Christianity) baptismal font

Declension

i-a-type

	singular		plural
nominative	աւազան (awazan)		աւազանք (awazankʻ)
genitive	աւազանի (awazani)		աւազանաց (awazanacʻ)
dative	աւազանի (awazani)		աւազանաց (awazanacʻ)
accusative	աւազան (awazan)		աւազանս (awazans)
ablative	աւազանէ (awazanē)		աւազանաց (awazanacʻ)
instrumental	աւազանաւ (awazanaw)		աւազանաւք = աւազանօք (awazanawkʻ = awazanōkʻ)
locative	աւազանի (awazani)		աւազանս (awazans)

Derived terms

• աւազանազարդ (awazanazard)
• աւազանածին (awazanacin)
• աւազանապաճոյճ (awazanapačoyč)
• աւազանօրհնէք (awazanōrhnēkʻ)

 

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: ավզալ (avzal)
• → Armenian: ավազան (avazan) (learned)
• → Aghwan: 𐔰𐕛𐔰𐔵𐔰𐕎 (avazan)
• → Armeno-Kipchak: աւազան (awazan)
• → Old Georgian: ავაზანი (avazani)
  • Georgian: ავაზანი (avazani)
    • → Turkish: ağzan, avzon, avazan

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աւազան”, 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, page 352ab
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աւազան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 111–112
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աւազան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy