Old Armenian

Noun

աւազ • ‎(awaz)

1. sand, gravel

   աւազ ցանել‎ ― awaz cʿanel ― to gravel

   խրել յաւազի‎ ― xrel yawazi ― to run upon a sand, to stick fast in the sand

   շփել աւազով‎ ― špʿel awazov ― to scour with sand

   տեղի, փոս աւազոյ‎ ― tełi, pʿos awazoy ― sand-pit

   ժամացոյց յաւազոյ‎ ― žamacʿoycʿ yawazoy ― hour-glass

   աւազք‎ ― awazkʿ ― sand-banks, quick-sands, downs; sand-pit

   խրել յաւազս‎ ― xrel yawazs ― to run upon a sand

2. (by extension) dust

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ավազ ‎(avaz)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աւազ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աւազ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աւազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “awaz”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 149
• Bailey, H. W. (1979), “hāysiñä”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, pages 478–479