Middle Persian

Adjective

ʾznʾwl • ‎(āznāwar)

1. noble

Descendants

• Armenian: ազնավուր ‎(aznavur)
• Georgian: აზნაური ‎(aznauri)
• Persian: ازناور ‎(aznāvar), آزناور ‎(āznāvar)
• Turkish: aznavur, aznavır

References

• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 12
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “āznāwar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 16