ავაზა

From Middle Georgian ავაზა (avaza, “cheetah”), from Old Georgian ავაზაჲ (avazay), ავაზი (avazi, “leopard”). From Iranian, however, according to Hübschmann and Ačaṙyan, via Old Armenian յաւազ (yawaz); see there for more.

• IPA^(key): /avaza/
• Hyphenation: ავა‧ზა

ავაზა • (avaza) (plural ავაზები)

1. cheetah
2. hound

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ავაზა”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 2
• Čubinov, David (1887), “ავაზა”, in Gruzinsko-russkij slovarʹ [Georgian–Russian Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 8b
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 199
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “յովազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 407a