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գաւազան
գաւազան
Old Armenian
Noun
գաւազան • (gawazan)
- stick for driving animals
- cudgel for beating men
- blow, beating; punishment
- wand; rod; staff
- գաւազան իշխանութեան ― gawazan išxanutʿean ― scepter
- գաւազան եպիսկոպոսական ― gawazan episkoposakan ― crosier
- (figuratively) power, authority
- the diocese overseen by a bishop
- sprig, shoot, twig (of a tree)
- stock, lineage
- each color-stripe of the rainbow
Declension
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| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | գաւազան (gawazan) | գաւազանք (gawazankʿ) | |
| genitive | գաւազանի (gawazani) | գաւազանաց (gawazanacʿ) | |
| dative | գաւազանի (gawazani) | գաւազանաց (gawazanacʿ) | |
| accusative | գաւազան (gawazan) | գաւազանս (gawazans) | |
| ablative | գաւազանէ (gawazanē) | գաւազանաց (gawazanacʿ) | |
| instrumental | գաւազանաւ (gawazanaw) | գաւազանաւք = գաւազանօք (gawazanawkʿ = gawazanōkʿ) | |
| locative | գաւազանի (gawazani) | գաւազանս (gawazans) |
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Related terms
- խարազան (xarazan)
Descendants
- Armenian: գավազան (gavazan)
- Udi: käväzän (“(ecclesiastical) wand, staff”)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գաւազան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գաւազան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գաւազան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 525–526