բազէ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian bʾc (bāz, hawk, falcon), Persian باز (bâz, hawk, falcon). For the post-classical form բազայ (bazay) compare Persian بازه (bâza, type of a hawk).

Noun

բազէ • (bazē)

  1. hawk
  2. falcon

Declension

i-type
singular plural
nominative բազէ (bazē) բազէք (bazēkʻ)
genitive բազէի (bazēi) բազէից (bazēicʻ)
dative բազէի (bazēi) բազէից (bazēicʻ)
accusative բազէ (bazē) բազէս (bazēs)
ablative բազէէ (bazēē) բազէից (bazēicʻ)
instrumental բազէիւ (bazēiw) բազէիւք (bazēiwkʻ)
locative բազէի (bazēi) բազէս (bazēs)

Derived terms

  • բազապան (bazapan)
  • բազէակալ (bazēakal)
  • բազէակիր (bazēakir)
  • բազէկիր (bazēkir)

Descendants

  • Armenian: բազե (baze)

See also

References

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