պզուկ
Armenian
Alternative forms
- բզուկ (bzuk)
Etymology
The origin is unknown. A dialectal word that has entered the literary language. Unattested in Old or Middle Armenian.
Compare Northern Kurdish pizik, pîzok, pizrik, pizrûk, bizrik, bizrok, zipik, zîpik (“pimple; pustule; boil, sore, ulcer”), Central Kurdish زیپکە (zîpke, “small boil, pimple”), Zazaki pizik, pusik, pizrike, pizruge, pisruge, pisuge, pijik, bezrik, bezriki, bizir, bizmiki, bizruki, buzriki (“pimple”). Justi compares the Kurdish to Persian پژموی (pažmuy, “pock-marked”) and Ottoman Turkish بز (bez, “a gland in the body, especially when inflamed; also, any indurated cist in the flesh”).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [pəˈzuk]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [bəˈzuɡ]
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | պզուկ (pzuk) | պզուկներ (pzukner) | ||
| dative | պզուկի (pzuki) | պզուկների (pzukneri) | ||
| ablative | պզուկից (pzukicʿ) | պզուկներից (pzuknericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | պզուկով (pzukov) | պզուկներով (pzuknerov) | ||
| locative | պզուկում (pzukum) | պզուկներում (pzuknerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | պզուկը/պզուկն (pzukə/pzukn) | պզուկները/պզուկներն (pzuknerə/pzuknern) | ||
| dative | պզուկին (pzukin) | պզուկներին (pzuknerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | պզուկս (pzuks) | պզուկներս (pzukners) | ||
| dative | պզուկիս (pzukis) | պզուկներիս (pzukneris) | ||
| ablative | պզուկիցս (pzukicʿs) | պզուկներիցս (pzuknericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | պզուկովս (pzukovs) | պզուկներովս (pzuknerovs) | ||
| locative | պզուկումս (pzukums) | պզուկներումս (pzuknerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | պզուկդ (pzukd) | պզուկներդ (pzuknerd) | ||
| dative | պզուկիդ (pzukid) | պզուկներիդ (pzuknerid) | ||
| ablative | պզուկիցդ (pzukicʿd) | պզուկներիցդ (pzuknericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | պզուկովդ (pzukovd) | պզուկներովդ (pzuknerovd) | ||
| locative | պզուկումդ (pzukumd) | պզուկներումդ (pzuknerumd) | ||
Derived terms
- պզուկոտ (pzukot), պզկոտ (pzkot)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), “բզուկ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2008), “պզուկ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 68a
- Jaba, Auguste; Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 78a
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