գազ

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• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɡɑz]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [kʰɑz]

From French gaz. Reinforced by Russian газ (gaz). The sense “gas pedal” is a semantic loan from Russian газ (gaz).

գազ • (gaz)

1. gas (state of matter)
2. (informal) natural gas
3. (informal) gas pedal, accelerator

   Synonym: արագարար (aragarar)

• կազ (kaz) — Western Armenian

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1951) “կազ”, in Ewropakan pʻoxaṙeal baṙer hayerēni mēǰ [European Loanwords in Armenian] (Azgayin matenadaran; 166) (in Armenian), published from the author's manuscript submitted in 1921, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 99

From Persian گز (gaz, “cubit, a length of 24 finger-breadths, or six hands”).

գազ • (gaz)

1. (archaic) cubit (measure of length equal to 112 cm)
   • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 13:[1]

     գազ․ պռացօ

     gaz; pṙacʻō

     գազ (gaz) = braccio

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 497b
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 124
• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “գազ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 402a
• Hovhannes J̌uġayecʻi (1984) Xačʻikyan L. S., Pʻapʻazyan H. D., editors, Hovhannes Ter-Davtʻyan J̌uġayecʻu hašvetumarə [The Account Book of Hovhannes Ter-Davtyan from Julfa] (Tntesakan patmutʻyan vaveragrer; 1) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 370

From Old Armenian գազ (gaz).

գազ • (gaz)

1. milkvetch (Astragalus gen. et spp.)

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [script needed] (gc /⁠gaz⁠/, “tamarisk”), Persian گز (gaz, “tamarisk; milkvetch”).

գազ • (gaz)

1. milkvetch (Astragalus spp.)

• գազիխէժ (gazixēž)
• գազիխիժ (gazixiž)

• Armenian: գազ (gaz)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 497ab, hesitant to accept the Iranian origin, being unaware that گز (gaz) means "milk-vetch" in addition to "tamarisk"
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գազ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 177
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գազ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy