բազմակ

Borrowed from Parthian 𐫁𐫉𐫖𐫃 (bzmg /⁠bazmag⁠/, “lamp”), whence also Old Georgian ბაზმაკი (bazmaḳi) and Classical Syriac ܡܙܡܟܐ (mazməḵā, “lamp”). For the Parthian word itself Perikhanian suggests origin from earlier *ba(r)zm(ak), from Old Iranian *br̥z-ma(-ka), from Proto-Iranian *br̥z-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleǵ- ~ *bʰl̥ǵ-, a palatalized variant of *bʰleg- ~ *bʰl̥g-, whence Latin fulgeō, Ancient Greek φλέγω (phlégō). The palatalized variant is supposedly reflected also in Latvian blāzma (“blaze”).

բազմակ • (bazmak)

1. lamp; light; candle
2. candlestick

• Old Georgian: ბაზმაკი (bazmaḳi) (or directly from Iranian)
  • Georgian: ბაზმა (bazma)

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