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Reconstruction:Old Armenian/պոզ

This Old Armenian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.[1][2] Has been compared to Northern Kurdish poz (“nose”), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pwc /⁠pōz⁠/), Persian پوز (puz, “snout, muzzle”).[3] Note also Old Armenian գրտապոզ (grtapoz, “a kind of Indian animal”).

Noun

*պոզ • (*poz)

  1. horn (of animals)
    Synonym: եղջիւր (ełǰiwr)

Derived terms
  • կռապոզ (kṙapoz)
  • պոզան (pozan)

Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: պոզ (poz)

References
  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պոզ”, 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, pages 93–94
  2. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “պոզ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 640c
  3. Margaryan, Alekʻsandr (2015) Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 66
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