մազ

From Old Armenian մազ (maz).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /mɑz/, [mɑz]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /mɑz/, [mɑz]

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մազ • (maz)

1. hair

   Synonyms: հեր (her), վարս (vars), ծամ (cam), գես (ges)

From Classical Syriac ܡܥܙܐ (maʿəzē, “hair”), originally referring to goat's hair and ultimately from Proto-West Semitic *maʕaz- (“goat”). In the Bible, մազ (maz) frequently refers to goat's hair.

մազ • (maz)

1. hair

   Synonyms: հեր (her), գէս (gēs), ձար (jar), վարս (vars)

   մազիւ չափ ― maziw čʻapʻ ― a hair's breadth farther; exactly, to a hair

   ի մազէ ոչ վրիպիլ ― i mazē očʻ vripil ― to hit the mark

   • 5th century, Bible, Exodus 35.23:^[1]

     Եւ ամենայն այր, առ որում գտանէր կապուտակ եւ ծիրանի եւ կարմիր մանեալ եւ բեհեզ եւ մազ այծեաց եւ մորթս խոյոց կարմիր ներկեալ եւ մորթս կապուտակեալս, բերէին:

     Ew amenayn ayr, aṙ orum gtanēr kaputak ew cirani ew karmir maneal ew behez ew maz ayceacʻ ew mortʻs xoyocʻ karmir nerkeal ew mortʻs kaputakeals, berēin:

     • Translation by King James Bible

       And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them.

• Armenian: մազ (maz)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 221, unknown origin
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մազ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 310, comparing to Classical Syriac ܡܙܐ (mezzē), the plural of ܡܙܬܐ (mezzəṯā), but anaware of better-fitting ܡܥܙܐ (maʿəzē)
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “մազ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, unknown origin
• Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2006) “��ազ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 932, repeating Hübschmann
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մազ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy