բարձ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բարձ (barj).

Pronunciation

Noun

բարձ • (barj)

  1. pillow; cushion
  2. (figuratively, historical) dignity, degree
  3. (geometry, Western Armenian) base of a triangle
    Synonym: հիմք (himkʿ)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Iranian *barz-, Proto-Iranian *barjíš (“pillow”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰarȷ́ʰíš.

The later senses developed from the original meaning of "pillow".

Noun

բարձ • (barj)

  1. pillow (that is put under the head)
    փետրալից բարձ ― pʿetralicʿ barj ― downy pillow
    բարձ երեսաց ― barj eresacʿ ― pillow
  2. cushion for sitting, considered a sign of dignity
    բարձ առաջին ― barj aṙaǰin ― first place, place of honour
  3. (figuratively) dignity, degree, throne
    բարձ տալ ումեք ― barj tal umekʿ ― to confer a dignity of some one
  4. bench, seat in a ship
  5. (geometry) base of a triangle
  6. (in the plural, anatomy) thigh, hip

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • անբարձ (anbarj)
  • առոյգաբարձ (aṙoygabarj)
  • բարձակից (barjakicʿ)
  • բարձակռիւ (barjakṙiw)
  • բարձակցութիւն (barjakcʿutʿiwn)
  • բարձաձգութիւն (barjajgutʿiwn)
  • բարձապան (barjapan)
  • բարձառու (barjaṙu)
  • բարձերէց (barjerēcʿ)
  • բարձընտիր (barjəntir)
  • բարձկնեար (barjknear)
  • երկայնաբարձ (erkaynabarj)
  • նախաբարձութիւն (naxabarjutʿiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: բարձ (barj)
  • → Chechen: барч (barč)
  • → Georgian: ბარძაყი (barʒaq̇i)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բարձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բարձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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