գաւազան
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Iranian *gāwāzan (“spiked stick used for driving oxen”). Compare Classical Persian گوازه (gawāza), گاوزنه (gâwzana), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬰𐬀 (gauuāza, “ox-goad”). See the Persian for more.
Noun
գաւազան • (gawazan)
- stick for driving animals
- cudgel for beating men
- blow, beating; punishment
- wand; rod; staff
- գաւազան իշխանութեան ― gawazan išxanutʻean ― scepter
- գաւազան եպիսկոպոսական ― gawazan episkoposakan ― crosier
- (figuratively) power, authority
- the diocese overseen by a bishop
- sprig, shoot, twig (of a tree)
- stock, lineage
- each color-stripe of the rainbow
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | գաւազան (gawazan) | գաւազանք (gawazankʻ) |
| genitive | գաւազանի (gawazani) | գաւազանաց (gawazanacʻ) |
| dative | գաւազանի (gawazani) | գաւազանաց (gawazanacʻ) |
| accusative | գաւազան (gawazan) | գաւազանս (gawazans) |
| ablative | գաւազանէ (gawazanē) | գաւազանաց (gawazanacʻ) |
| instrumental | գաւազանաւ (gawazanaw) | գաւազանաւք = գաւազանօք (gawazanawkʻ = gawazanōkʻ) |
| locative | գաւազանի (gawazani) | գաւազանս (gawazans) |
Derived terms
- գաւազանաբուղխ (gawazanabułx)
- գաւազանահար (gawazanahar)
- գաւազանահերձ (gawazanaherj)
- գաւազանահմայութիւն (gawazanahmayutʻiwn)
- գաւազանաձեւ (gawazanajew)
- գաւազանասաստ (gawazanasast)
- գաւազանաւոր (gawazanawor)
- գաւազանեմ (gawazanem)
- գաւազաներգութիւն (gawazanergutʻiwn)
Related terms
Descendants
- Armenian: գավազան (gavazan)
- → Udi: [script needed] (käväzän, “(ecclesiastical) wand, staff”)
- Kurdish:
- → Northern Kurdish: kevezan
Further reading
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գաւազան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գաւազան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաւազան”, 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, pages 525–526