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 (bāza, type of a hawk).

Noun

բազէ (bazē)

  1. falcon
  2. merlin
  3. gyrfalcon
  4. hawk

Declension

Derived terms

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

Descendants

See also

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), բազայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), բազէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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