բազէ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• բազայ (bazay)

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian bʾc (bāz, “hawk, falcon”), Persian باز (bâz, “hawk, falcon”). For the post-classical form բազայ (bazay) compare Persian بازه (bâza, “type of a hawk”).

Noun

բազէ • (bazē)

1. hawk
2. falcon

Declension

i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	բազէ (bazē)		բազէք (bazēkʻ)
genitive	բազէի (bazēi)		բազէից (bazēicʻ)
dative	բազէի (bazēi)		բազէից (bazēicʻ)
accusative	բազէ (bazē)		բազէս (bazēs)
ablative	բազէէ (bazēē)		բազէից (bazēicʻ)
instrumental	բազէիւ (bazēiw)		բազէիւք (bazēiwkʻ)
locative	բազէի (bazēi)		բազէս (bazēs)

Derived terms

• բազէակալ (bazēakal)
• բազէակիր (bazēakir)
• բազէկիր (bazēkir)
• բազապան (bazapan)

Descendants

• Armenian: բազե (baze)

See also

• շահէն (šahēn)
• ճուռակ (čuṙak)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բազայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բազէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press