ազգ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Armenian ազգ (azg).

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Noun[edit]

ազգ (azg)

  1. nation, people
    Միավորված ազգերի կազմակերպությունMiavorvac azgeri kazmakerputʻyunUnited Nations
  2. (dated or dialectal) family, kin, clan
    Synonyms: տոհմ (tohm), գերդաստան (gerdastan)
  3. (dated) species
    Synonym: տեսակ (tesak)

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾzg /⁠azg⁠/, branch), Central Kurdish, Southern Kurdish ھەژگ (hejg, dried tree branch), Persian آزغ (âzğ, a thing lopped (as vine-prunings); slip, cutting, scion). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hádᶻgas.

Noun[edit]

ազգ (azg)

  1. nation, people
    ազգ հայոցazg hayocʻthe Armenian nation
    ազգք և ազինքazgkʻ ew azinkʻall nations, all people
    անգլիացի յազգէangliacʻi yazgēof the English nation, English
    ամերիկացի եմ ազգաւamerikacʻi em azgawI am American by birth
    գիրք ազգացgirkʻ azgacʻBook of Judges
    ազգովazgovwith all the nations
  2. generation, race, tribe
    յազգէ յազգyazgē yazgfrom age to age, from generation to generation
  3. kind, sort
    ազգ կանանցazg kanancʻthe female sex, the fair sex, the womankind
    ազգ մարդկանazg mardkanthe humankind, humanity
    ազգք ազգք բանասիրութեանazgkʻ azgkʻ banasirutʻeanthe different kinds of literature
  4. manner, way
    մի ազգmi azgthe same, the same manner, equally
    ազգ ազգazg azgvarious, different, manifold

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  • Armenian: ազգ (azg)

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