Երազգաւորս

Old Armenian

Etymology

From *երազգաւ (*erazgaw) + որս (ors), the former an old ablative of *երազգ (*erazg, net for catching animals). Thus, a “place for catching animals with a net”; this was a favorite hunting ground for Orontid kings of Armenia. See երագազ (eragaz) for more.

Proper noun

Երազգաւորս (Erazgawors)

  1. Yerazgavors

Descendants

References

  • Perixanjan, Anait (1993) Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju drevnearmjanskovo jazyka. Častʹ I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 32
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