Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish دوز (düz)[1] or, in some dialects, from Azerbaijani düz.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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դուզ (duz) (superlative ամենադուզ)

  1. (dialectal) flat, even, level
  2. (dialectal) straight, even (not crooked or bent)
  3. (dialectal) straight, honest, sincere
  4. (dialectal) true, right (not a lie)
  5. (dialectal) straightforward, direct

Declension

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Derived terms

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Adverb

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դուզ (duz)

  1. (dialectal) flatly, evenly, levelly
  2. (dialectal) straightly, evenly (not crookedly or bent)
  3. (dialectal) straightly, honestly, sincerely
  4. (dialectal) truly, rightly (not lying)
  5. (dialectal) straightforwardly, directly

References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “տիւզ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb 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, page 338