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աշխոյժ

աշխոյժ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • աժխոյժ ‎(ažxoyž)

Adjective

աշխոյժ • ‎(ašxoyž)

  1. ardent, spirited, lively, sprightly, mettlesome, fiery; adroit, skilful; alert, vigilant
    աշխոյժ ձի‎ ― ašxoyž ji ― spirited horse

Declension

Noun

աշխոյժ • ‎(ašxoyž)

  1. (in the plural) vivacity

Declension

Derived terms

  • աշխոյժութիւն ‎(ašxoyžutʿiwn)
  • աշխոյժուհի ‎(ašxoyžuhi)
  • աշխուժութիւն ‎(ašxužutʿiwn)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աշխոյժ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աշխոյժ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աշխոյժ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • 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 17
  • Ałayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 23

Etymology

Certainly an Iranian borrowing, but the exact source is unclear.

According to Périkhanian, from Middle Median *axšōβž or *axšuβž, from Proto-Iranian *xšub- ‎(“to become excited; to be in commotion”); compare Avestan [script needed] ‎(xšaob-, “agitate”), Sanskrit क्षुभ्यति ‎(kṣúbhyati, “shake”). The Median word was borrowed into Manichaean Middle Persian as ʾxšwz ‎(axšōz, “striving”).

According to Ałayan, from an Iranian compound *xšaoǰa ‎(“having power, mighty”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *xšaH- ‎(“to rule, be lord of”) (whence Avestan [script needed] ‎(xšā-, “to be able; rule, be lord of”)) and *auǰah- ‎(“strength, power”) (whence ոյժ ‎(oyž)).

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