վռազ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian վռազ (vṙaz).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /vəˈrɑz/, [vərɑ́z]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /vəˈrɑz/, [vərɑ́z]

Adverb

վռազ • (vṙaz)

1. (dialectal) in a hurry, hastily, quickly

   Synonyms: շուտ (šut), արագ (arag), շտապ (štap)

   վռազ արի՛ ― vṙaz arí ― come quickly!

2. (dialectal) immediately

   Synonyms: անմիջապես (anmiǰapes), իսկույն (iskuyn)

   վռազ համաձայնվեց ― vṙaz hamajaynvecʻ ― he agreed immediately

Adjective

վռազ • (vṙaz) (superlative ամենավռազ)

1. (dialectal) urgent, pressing

   Synonym: շտապ (štap)

   վռազ գործ ունեմ ― vṙaz gorc unem ― I have a pressing matter

2. (dialectal) in a hurry

   վռազ եմ, հիմա չեմ կարա խոսամ ― vṙaz em, hima čʻem kara xosam ― I'm in a hurry, can't talk right now

Declension

nominalized, i-type (Eastern Armenian)

	singular	plural
nominative	վռազ (vṙaz)	վռազներ (vṙazner)
dative	վռազի (vṙazi)	վռազների (vṙazneri)
ablative	վռազից (vṙazicʻ)	վռազներից (vṙaznericʻ)
instrumental	վռազով (vṙazov)	վռազներով (vṙaznerov)
locative	վռազում (vṙazum)	վռազներում (vṙaznerum)
	definite forms
nominative	վռազը/վռազն (vṙazə/vṙazn)	վռազները/վռազներն (vṙaznerə/vṙaznern)
dative	վռազին (vṙazin)	վռազներին (vṙaznerin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	վռազս (vṙazs)	վռազներս (vṙazners)
dative	վռազիս (vṙazis)	վռազներիս (vṙazneris)
ablative	վռազիցս (vṙazicʻs)	վռազներիցս (vṙaznericʻs)
instrumental	վռազովս (vṙazovs)	վռազներովս (vṙaznerovs)
locative	վռազումս (vṙazums)	վռազներումս (vṙaznerums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	վռազդ (vṙazd)	վռազներդ (vṙaznerd)
dative	վռազիդ (vṙazid)	վռազներիդ (vṙaznerid)
ablative	վռազիցդ (vṙazicʻd)	վռազներիցդ (vṙaznericʻd)
instrumental	վռազովդ (vṙazovd)	վռազներովդ (vṙaznerovd)
locative	վռազումդ (vṙazumd)	վռազներումդ (vṙaznerumd)

Derived terms

• վռազացնել (vṙazacʻnel)
• վռազկոտ (vṙazkot)
• վռազնալ (vṙaznal)

 

Related terms

• վռազել (vṙazel)

Middle Armenian

Etymology

Probably connected with Middle Armenian վռզ-քիթ (vṙz-kʻitʻ, “prominent nose”) and Old Armenian վռզ-ող (vṙz-oł, “obstinate”) and borrowed from Iranian: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (prʾc), 𐫜𐫡𐫀𐫝 (frʾc /⁠frāz⁠/, “forward, prominent, distinguished; forward, forth; near”), Parthian 𐫜𐫡𐫀𐫝 (frʾc /⁠frāž⁠/, “forward, forth; near”), Persian فراز (farâz, “upwards; above; before; height; stubborn, obstinate, headstrong”), Northern Kurdish firêz (“elevation”), all of which derive from Proto-Iranian *frāča- (“front; forward”), from *frā-, *fra-. The idea of hurrying is connected with pushing forward. Note how in Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ աճապարեմ (ačaparem, “to hurry”) is glossed with յառաջեմ (yaṙaǰem, literally “to go forward”).

On the other hand, Hovhannisyan derives վռազ (vṙaz) from another group of Iranian words: Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wlyc- /⁠wirēz-⁠/), Parthian 𐫇𐫡𐫏𐫟𐫘- (wryxs- /⁠wirēxs-⁠/), Persian گریز (goriz, “to flee, run away”).

Folk etymology derives from Russian враз (vraz, “immediately, at once”), but the geographical and chronological distribution of վռազ (vṙaz) excludes a Russian borrowing.

Adverb

վռազ • (vṙaz)

1. in a hurry, hastily, quickly

Derived terms

• վռազել (vṙazel), վռազիլ (vṙazil, “to hurry”)

Descendants

• Armenian: վռազ (vṙaz)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վռազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 348a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վռզող”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 348ab
• Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975), Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ‎^[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 13
• Hovhannisyan, L. Š. (1990) “Ġarabaġi barbaṙum iranakan mi kʻani pʻoxaṙutʻyunneri masin [On some Iranian borrowings in Karabakh dialect]”, in Lraber hasarakakan gitutʻyunneri [Herald of the Social Sciences]‎^[2] (in Armenian), number 11, pages 66–67
• Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “վռազիլ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “վռազ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎^[3], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 702
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “վռազեմ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎^[4], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, pages 702–703
• Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 56–57
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “فراز”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 912