ազնավուր

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian անձնաւոր (anjnawor); see it for more.

Alternative forms

  • ազնավոր (aznavor)
  • ազնաուր (aznaur)
  • ազնահուր (aznahur)
  • անձնահուր (anjnahur)

Noun

ազնավուր (aznavur) (traditional orthography spelling ազնաւուր)

  1. (dialectal) huge man, giant
  2. (dialectal) supernatural being, spirit
Declension

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian ʾznʾwl (āznāwar, noble).

Noun

ազնավուր (aznavur)

  1. (dialectal) nobleman
Declension

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “*azn-awor”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 10
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