ʾznʾwl

Middle Persian

Etymology

Literally, "bearer of nobility". The first component is Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫀𐫉𐫗‎ (ʾzn /āzn/, “noble”). The second goes back to Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰárati with the preverb *ā-.

Adjective

ʾznʾwl • (āznāwar)

noble

Descendants

Persian: ازناور‎ (aznâvar), آزناور‎ (āznāvar)
→ Armenian: ազնավուր (aznavur)
→ Old Georgian: აზნაური (aznauri)
- → Georgian: აზნაური (aznauri) (see there for further descendants)
→ Turkish: aznavur, aznavır

References

Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 12
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “āznāwar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 16

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