აზნაური

Georgian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾznʾwl (āznāwar, “noble”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aznauri/
  • Hyphenation: აზ‧ნა‧უ‧რი

Noun

აზნაური • (aznauri) (plural აზნაურები)

  1. (historical) noble, belonging to the aznauri class of Georgian nobility
  • აზნი (azni)
  • სააზნაურო (saaznauro)
  • უაზნო (uazno)

Descendants
  • → Laz: აზნაური (aznauri)
  • → Mingrelian: აზნაური (aznauri)
  • → Russian: азнаури (aznauri)

References
  • Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1946), “Iranuli c̣armošobis zogi kartuli siṭq̇vis eṭimologiisatvis [On the etymology of some Georgian words of Iranian origin]”, in Iberiul–ḳavḳasiuri enatmecniereba‎ (in Georgian), volume 1, Tbilisi: Academy Press, pages 385–387
  • Čubinov, David (1840), “აზნაური”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 8
  • Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825), “აზნაური”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 12
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