აზნაჲ

Old Georgian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian 𐫀𐫉𐫗 (ʾzn /⁠āzn⁠/).

Adjective

აზნაჲ • (aznay)

  1. free, noble

References
  • Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1946) “Iranuli c̣armošobis zogi kartuli siṭq̇vis eṭimologiisatvis [On the etymology of some Georgian words of Iranian origin]”, in Iberiul-ḳavḳasiuri enatmecniereba [Ibero-Caucasica]‎ (in Georgian), volume 1, Tbilisi: Academy Press, pages 385–387
  • Bläsing, Uwe (2011) “Turkish aznavur “A Nobleman” or “A Ruffian”: Review of an Etymology”, in Uwe Bläsing and Jasmine Dum-Tragut, editors, Cultural, Linguistic and Ethnological Interrelations In and Around Armenia‎, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, page 37 of 35–50
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “აზნაჲ”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 11b
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