վզուրկ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms
  • վզրուկ (vzruk), վզըրկ (vzərk), վզրիկ (vzrik)

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing; compare Parthian 𐫇𐫉𐫡𐫃‎ (wzrg), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wc(w)lg /wuzurg/), Old Persian 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 (v-z-r-k /vazạrka/, “big, great”). Ultimately, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáĵras.

Adjective

վզուրկ • (vzurk)

  1. great, big

Derived terms
  • վզուրկ հրամանատար (vzurk hramanatar)

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “վզուրկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 334
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “վզուրկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 246
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “վզուրկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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