բազմակ

From Parthian *bazmak, attested as Manichaean Parthian bzmg (*bazmag, “lamp”), from Iranian *ba(r)zm(ak), from Old Iranian *br̥z-ma(-ka), from *br̥z-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥ǵ-, a by-form of *bʰl̥g-; cognate with Latin fulgeo, Ancient Greek φλέγω (phlégō), Latvian blāzma. Classical Syriac ܡܙܡܟܐ (mazm(ə)ḵā(ʾ), “lamp”) is also from Iranian.

բազմակ • (bazmak)

1. lamp; light; candle
2. candlestick

• Georgian: ბაზმაკი (bazmaḳi)

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