ղազ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ղազ (łaz), from Ottoman Turkish قاز (qaz, goose).

Pronunciation

Noun

ղազ (łaz) (dialectal)

  1. goose
    Synonym: սագ (sag)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 38:[1]
      ղազ․ օքայ
      łaz; ōkʿay
      ղազ (łaz) = oca
  2. (figuratively, offensive) chump, loser

Declension

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • ղազագիր (łazagir)

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019), “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 232

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), խազ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
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