ախորժ

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ախորժ (axorž).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈχoɾʒ/, [ɑχóɾʒ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈχoɾʒ/, [ɑχóɾʒ]

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ախորժ • (axorž) (superlative ամենաախորժ)

1. (rare) pleasant, agreeable

• “ախորժ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

From an Iranian word of the form *ā-xwarž-, composed of the prefix *aH- and a cognate of Ossetian хорз (xorz) / хуарз (xwarz, “good”), Jassic horz, Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwʾlyst' /⁠xwālist⁠/, “sweetest”), Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀- (xᵛar^əzišta-, “sweetest”).

ախորժ • (axorž) indeclinable

1. pleasant, agreeable

   ախորժ բանք ― axorž bankʻ ― agreeable words

   ախորժ վայրք ― axorž vayrkʻ ― enchanting places

   ախորժ յօժարութեամբ ― axorž yōžarutʻeamb ― with great pleasure, willingly

• → Armenian: ախորժ (axorž)

• Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 218–219
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ախորժ”, 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 99b
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ախորժ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 15c
• Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 504b
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ախորժ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 28a
• Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “ախորժ”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 18b
• 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) “ախորժ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 5b
• Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 418