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ախազ

ախազ

Armenian

Noun

ախազ (axaz)

  1. ermine

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

Contamination of աքիս (akʿis) and Middle Persian hz (xaz), Persian خز (xaz, marten).

Noun

ախազ (axaz)

  1. ermine
  2. ermine-fur

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ախազ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ախազ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ախազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “axaz”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 16