Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian բժիշկ (bžišk).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

բժիշկ (bžišk)

  1. doctor, physician
    Synonym: (dialectal) դոխտուր (doxtur)

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Iranian; compare Parthian 𐫁𐫉𐫏𐫢𐫐 (bzyšk /⁠bizešk⁠/), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (bcšk'), 𐫁𐫉𐫏𐫢𐫐 (bzyšk /⁠bizešk⁠/, doctor, physician) (whence Persian پزشک (pezešk)).[1][2]

Noun edit

բժիշկ (bžišk)

  1. doctor, physician

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: բժիշկ (bžišk)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բժիշկ”, 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 448
  2. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (1983) “Iranisches Lehngut im Armenischen”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes (in German), volume 17, page 93

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բժիշկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բժիշկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy