ავაზანი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ავაზანი (avazani). Doublet of აბაზანა (abazana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /avazani/
  • Hyphenation: ავა‧ზა‧ნი

Noun

ავაზანი • (avazani) (plural ავაზანები)

  1. (chemistry) distillation retort (a hermetically sealed vessel/vial/container for heating liquids and distillation)
  2. (dialectal, Adjara, Meskheti, Imerkhevi) large, elongated trough under a spring collecting water for the cattle

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Turkish: ağzan, avzon, avazan

References

  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974) “ავაზანი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 24

Old Georgian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Armenian աւազան (awazan), from Iranian. See Persian آبزن (âbzan, bath, pool) for more.

Noun

ავაზანი • (avazani)

  1. pool, water tank
  2. cauldron, basin
  3. (Christianity) baptismal font

Descendants

References

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ავაზანი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 2
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աւազան”, 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 352ab
  • Bläsing, Uwe (2017) “Ortsnamen aus Artvin : ართვინის ტოპონიმიკა : Sprachlich-kulturelle Berührungen an der türkisch-georgischen Grenze”, in M. Németh et al., editors, Essays in the History of Languages and Linguistics: Dedicated to Marek Stachowski on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday (in German), Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, pages 119–120
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